Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares will be the keynote speaker at Regent University’s 44th Commencement Ceremony on May 4, 2024, the university has announced.
“We are delighted that Attorney General Jason Miyares wishes to celebrate the accomplishments of our Class of 2024,” Regent Chancellor Gordon Robertson said in a statement. “Attorney General Miyares has worked tirelessly to keep Virginia safe and thriving economically. AG Miyares knows the value of hard work and can speak to successfully navigating bold change in the face of considerable challenge.”
Miyares, 48, has claimed he got his relentless drive to succeed from his mother, Miriam Miyares, who fled communist Cuba and immigrated to Virginia to raise her son. He’s the first Hispanic American to be elected to a statewide office in Virginia and the first child of an immigrant to be attorney general.
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Since his inauguration in January 2022, Miyares has focused on fighting violent crime, improving public safety, strengthening economic growth, and combating the deadly impact of opioids and fentanyl. The attorney general secured over a billion dollars in opioid settlements for drug addiction and recovery from pharmaceutical
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