2023 School of Medicine Commencement

Seth Rogen is an Emmy Award®-nominated actor, writer, producer, director and philanthropist. He was nominated for a 2022 Emmy award for his work on the Hulu series, "Pam & Tommy." Recently, Rogen became a New York Times best-selling author for his first book, Yearbook, a collection of comical and relatable short stories about his life, published by Penguin Random House.

Lauren Miller Rogen is a screenwriter, director, producer and philanthropist whose life has been touched many times over by Alzheimer’s. In 2012, Lauren’s mother was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease at just 55 years old. Hoping to activate the next generation of Alzheimer’s advocates, Seth and Lauren founded Hilarity for Charity, a national nonprofit organization providing care for families coping with the disease.  

Lauren has served as the Alzheimer’s patient advocate on the board of California’s Institute of Regenerative Medicine since 2013. She also sits on the California Alzheimer’s Task Force and the Steering Committee of the Milken Institute’s Alliance to Improve Dementia Care.

Through the work of Hilarity for Charity, they have brought significant awareness to the disease; raising millions of dollars to award free, quality in-home care to families in need of respite and support.