Commencement 2021: Keynote Speaker, Tim Huval

SLCC's 2021 in-person commencement ceremony will take place Aug. 6 at the Maverik Center. For more information, click here.

Keynote Speaker

Tim Huval

Humana chief administrative officer

Life’s greatest lessons are not found in success but in adversity. Tim Huval has known both. Success came through hard work to rise to the top of the health insurance industry. Adversity came through a 12-month health crisis and near-death experience less than two years ago. The one-time SLCC student and college administrator, now chief administrative officer at Humana, fell ill with a debilitating sickness that confounded medical professionals. He ultimately was in a coma, breathing through a tracheotomy tube with a ventilator, and the worst was feared.

Over the course of nearly a year, Tim rallied and recovered. Through the process he gained greater appreciation for life and its myriad opportunities to connect with others. It was deeply impactful and scary, he says. “My hope is that no one ever has to experience what I experienced.” He advocates taking chances to love and be loved, to help each other and not be afraid to receive help. “Don’t wait for a life-altering event to live your life to the fullest.”

Tim graduated from SLCC in 1989 with an associate’s degree in business management and earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Weber State University in 1991 and a master’s in public administration from Brigham Young University in 1996. He joined Humana in 2012 as the company’s senior vice president and chief human resource officer, and in 2015, earned the No. 1 spot on Forbes Magazine’s Top 10 Chief Human Resources Officers list. He was named Humana’s chief administrative officer in 2019.

Tim and his wife, Brenda, have deep roots at SLCC. From 1991-1997, he was director of the college’s Custom Fit Training, Continuing and Community Education Department. In 2007, the college awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree, and in 2015, the college named its South City Campus childcare facility the Tim and Brenda Huval Child Care Center.

In Tim’s view, SLCC is important and he supports the college because of the great value it provides to students. “Community colleges give students a financial advantage, the opportunity to explore majors, smaller classes, qualified professors and flexible schedules, all while preparing students to be relevant and productive in so many different fields.”

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