Our Graduates

When Manny Ventura ’14 was a kid, the mirror was where his insecurity lived. Born with a cleft palate to immigrant parents who divorced soon after his arrival, Ventura always felt different from his peers. Not even three childhood surgeries could stop their…

L’Oréal is synonymous with makeup and beauty products around the world. But when Vittoria Baracchi ˊ14 joined the company’s Milan, Italy, office as a social and content media manager in 2018, she admits she knew very little about makeup. “I had no idea what…

Student research shows the economic impact of a cultural wave (Above, clockwise from top left: K-pop band BTS, the South Korean flag, K-beauty and Parasite director Bong Joon-ho. Center: K-pop band Blackpink.)…

It was first-year orientation back in 2016 when Jesse Nava '20 did something he never expected, but that would change his life and the lives of others. In a last-minute decision, Nava stood on a stage in front of Bentley classmates, faculty and staff to share…

Jhansi (Jen) Potluri, MBA, MSBA ’21, realized at an early age that she didn’t have to be behind a lab bench to help advance science. Her mother works on software development for a kidney dialysis company, and Potluri grew up just outside of Boston and its…

Aman Ailani ’20 is the founder of SAH.OL Cold Brew, a ready-to-drink cold brew product made with only two ingredients: coffee grinds and water. A Management major with a minor in Entrepreneurial Studies, Ailani won Bentley’s inaugural Shark Tank Pitch…

Almost nothing brings Brian Shultz ’80, MBA ’87 more joy than giving new friends — and interviewers — a tour of his basement. “See this here?” he asks, holding a large toy box. It reads Barney’s Auto Factory and shows a boy from the early ’60s playing with…

Ahmadou Balde, MBA ˊ18 Works to Improve Education, Healthcare and Training Services in Guinea (Above: Ahmadou Balde with students at a school that is part of NAD Partnership, where he is COO.) “Business is a social…