| David Blittersdorf '81 | President and CEO of AllEarth Renewables, Inc. and Chair of the Rubenstein School Board of Advisors | 2022 |
| | No Rubenstein School Commencement Ceremony due to Covid-19 Pandemic | 2021 |
| | No Rubenstein School Commencement Ceremony due to Covid-19 Pandemic | 2020 |
| Kesha Ram '08 | Four-term Vermont state representative on behalf of Burlington | 2019 |
| Carolyn Finney | Environmental justice scholar, cultural geographer, author, storyteller, performer and affiliate of Rubenstein School M.P.S. in Leadership for Sustainability | 2018 |
| Ginny McGinn | Director of Center for Whole Communities | 2017 |
| Victor Wooten | Grammy Award winning bass player, composer, author, producer, naturalist, and affiliate of Rubenstein School M.P.S. in Leadership for Sustainability | 2016 |
| Deborah Markowitz | Secretary, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and Member, Rubenstein School Board of Advisors | 2015 |
| Paul Burns | Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG) | 2014 |
| David Mears | Commissioner, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation | 2013 |
| Hal Colston | Executive Director, SerVermont | 2012 |
| Mickey Fearn | Deputy Director for Communications and Community Assistance, National Park Service | 2011 |
| | No invited guest speaker | 2010 |
| Abigail Kimbell | Chief, U.S. Forest Service | 2009 |
| Chuck Ross | Vermont State Director for U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy | 2008 |
| Will Raap | Founder and Chair, Gardener's Supply Company | 2007 |
| Darby Bradley | Special Assistant for Donor and Government Relations, Vermont Land Trust | 2006 |
| F. Herbert Borman | Oastler Professor Emeritus of Forest Ecology, Yale University | 2005 |
| Ann Pesiri Swanson and Stephen Rubenstein | Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Commission & Chair, Rubenstein School Board of Advisors and President, Rubenstein Properities, Little Falls, NJ | 2004 |
| Lawrence K. Forcier | Dean, UVM Division of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extension | 2003 |
| Robert Costanza | Director, UVM Gund Institute of Ecological Economics and Gund Professor of Ecological Economics | 2002 |
| Senator Gerry Gossens | Former Member and Chair, UVM Board of Trustees and Former Chair, Vermont Water Resources Board | 2001 |
| David Donath | President, Woodstock Foundation and Director, Billings Farm and Museum | 2000 |
| Ann Pesiri Swanson | Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Commission | 1999 |
| John Todd | President, Ocean Arks International | 1998 |
| | Addresses to graduates, faculty, staff, families, and friends before 1998 were delivered by the Dean or Associate Dean of the School. | |
