COMMENCEMENT

Mark Stevens ’81, MS ’84

S-Cubed Capital, USC Trustee
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Mark Stevens is the managing partner of S-Cubed Capital, his family investment office based in Menlo Park, CA. He is also a special limited partner and former managing partner of Sequoia Capital, a globally prominent venture capital firm known for backing iconic technology leaders including Apple, Cisco, Google and Nvidia. Mark joined Sequoia in 1989 focusing on semiconductor, software and Internet investments.

Prior to Sequoia, Mark worked at Intel in field sales and marketing from 1982 to 1987 and at Hughes Aircraft from 1980 to 1982. He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering and a B.A. in economics (both magna cum laude) in 1981, and an M.S. in computer engineering in 1984, all from USC. He also earned an M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1989. He served as a faculty member at the Stanford Graduate School of Business from 2010 to 2017. Mark is a former trustee of the Menlo School and co-chaired their $100 million capital campaign. Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Councilors of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and serves on the Board of Dean’s Advisors for the Harvard Business School. Mark has served on the USC Board of Trustees since 2001.

Mark currently serves as a director of Nvidia, the world leader in artificial intelligence computing. He also serves on the Executive Board of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Foundation and is an investor and Executive Board member of the Golden State Warriors.

Mary and his wife, Mary, provided a $50 million gift in 2015 to endow the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, which is accelerating greater understanding of the human brain. Their $22 million gift in 2004 established what is now known as the USC Stevens Center for Innovation, a university-wide center that empowers USC’s faculty and students to commercialize their ideas. The couple also committed $10 million to create the Stevens Student-Athlete Academic Services floor in the John McKay sports facility, $10 million to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum restoration project, and significant gifts to the USC Caruso Catholic Center and the Viterbi School of Engineering.

Rented regalia should be returned to the drop-off area outside the Bookstore immediately following the Viterbi Undergraduate Ceremony. Returns after commencement day should be made inside the Bookstore’s first floor.

Take One Productions will provide a DVD of the Viterbi Undergraduate Ceremony that will be available for purchase.

Parking on Commencement day is complimentary for graduates and their guests. For complete parking information please click here.

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Parking is extremely limited on campus, and due to the large crowds, parking usually fills up by 7:00 a.m. USC Transportation will direct you to the next gate or to the off-campus facilities if the structures are full. The Grand Avenue Parking Structure (formerly UPX), on the corner of Jefferson Boulevard and Grand Avenue, is recommended for all degree candidates, their families and guests.

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The Metro Expo Line is highly recommended to avoid traffic and congestion.

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For your preferred rideshare options, designated pick-up and drop-off zones will be coordinated to ease the flow of traffic and will be accessible across the University Park campus. 

Both ceremonies will also be live streamed online. The link to view the live steam will be posted on this page a few days before Commencement.