Officers and Deans of the College

Gloria Cordes Larson, JD, a public policy expert, lawyer and business leader, assumed the presidency of Bentley College in July 2007. She joined Bentley from the leading law firm Foley Hoag, where she co-chaired the Government Strategies Group. The practice she managed covered a broad array of federal, state and local regulatory and business development issues. Widely influential in economic policy, Larson led a business advisory cabinet for Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and co-chaired his transition team. Her contributions also include chairing the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority. Under her leadership, the organization oversaw renovation of the MassMutual Center in Springfield and construction of the $800 million Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. In the administration of former Massachusetts Governor William Weld, she served as Secretary of Economic Affairs (1993 to 1996) and Secretary of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (1991 to 1993). Prior to that, Larson managed business and regulatory issues as a senior official with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). She was an attorney adviser to the FTC Commissioner from 1981 to 1988, and the agency's Deputy Director of Consumer Protection from 1990 to 1991.
In January 2005, Larson was appointed to the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Board. Boston Mayor Thomas Menino tapped her to serve on the city's Host Committee for the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Larson is a director of Unum Group Corporation and lead director of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts. She is also a board member for several prominent professional and community organizations. These include the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, for which she is the newly elected chairman of the board; Boston Center for the Arts; Roger Williams University School of Law; Massachusetts Women's Forum; Rosie's Place; and Dimock Community Health Center. She is a member of the Massachusetts, Virginia and Boston bar associations. Larson received a BA with honors from Vassar College and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. She received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Northeastern University in 2005 and from Mount Wachusett Community College in 2003. She is married to attorney Allen Larson.

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Paul Clemente is chief financial officer and comptroller responsible for the business and financial functions of the college, including physical plant, purchasing and contract services. Before coming to Bentley in 2001, Clemente was associate director for finance and administration and chief financial officer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for six years. Prior to that position, he was at Boston University for 15 years, serving as associate vice president for financial affairs, comptroller and associate comptroller. Clemente is a member of the AICPA, and NACUBO and the NACUBO Comprehensive and Doctoral Council, the EACUBO board of directors, and vice chairman of the Boston University/Chelsea Partnership. He earned a BS/BA from Northeastern University and an MS from the McCallum Graduate School of Business at Bentley.

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Kate Davy was named Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley College in Waltham in 2002. In this role, she works to integrate liberal learning across the business school. Among her previous administrative roles are Provost and Senior Vice President at Adelphi University, Dean of the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and Associate Dean of the School of Fine Arts at the University of California, Irvine. As an administrator, she has secured several grants for enhancing the status of the arts and sciences in academe. She has also taught as a visiting scholar in the graduate programs at Yale School of Drama and Northwestern University, and served as an associate editor for TDR: The Drama Review and co-editor of Theatre Design and Technology. Dean Davy is widely published in theatre and women’s studies. She has a PhD in Drama/Performance Studies from New York University. Her book on the WOW Café Theatre in New York is forthcoming from the University of Michigan Press.

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Appointed to his current post in 2002, Bob Galliers came to Bentley from the London School of Economics, where he was professor of information systems and research director in the department of information systems. Before joining LSE, he served as Lucas Professor of management and dean of the Warwick Business School, and earlier as Foundation Professor and head of the School of Information Systems at Curtin University in Australia. A leader in the field of management information systems, Galliers is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Strategic Information Systems, and a fellow of both the British Computer Society and the Royal Society of Arts. He is past president of the Association for Information Systems and co-chair of the 2002 International Conference on Information Systems. Galliers began his professional career outside of academia, first in social work administration and then in management consulting. He holds an AB from Harvard University, an MA in management systems from Lancaster University, and a PhD in information systems from the London School of Economics.

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Appointed to her position in 2003, Sandra King is responsible for all aspects of the institution's marketing, including market research, advertising and media relations, publications, an integrated web presence, and the management of external agencies and vendors. She came to Bentley after three-and-a-half years as vice president for university relations at Northeastern University. King held corporate positions at Arthur D. Little, Digital Equipment Corporation and Wearguard Corporation before joining Babson College in 1990 as vice president for marketing. She earned a BA from Elmira College and an MBA from Northeastern University.

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Appointed to her current position in 2007, Traci Logan oversees the division of Information Technology, the Academic Technology Center and Bentley Library, Academic Operations and Human Resources. Her oversight comprises many units -- Systems, Networks, Telecommunications, Management Information Systems, Client Services, the ATC and library, Registrar's Office, and Academic Administrative Operations including the Budget, Sponsored Programs and Academic Contract Administration -- and reflects the college's belief that the work of IT is thoroughly intertwined with the work of academic affairs. Traci will continue to serve as the college's CIO, with college-wide responsibility for IT. Under Logan's leadership, Bentley received the 2001 EDUCAUSE Award for Excellence in Campus Networking -- an honor bestowed by a national association of 1,800 leading colleges, universities, and educational organizations. Logan came to Bentley in 1985 and has held positions of increasing responsibility in virtually every area of information technology, most recently as vice president. She earned an MS in accounting from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

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Judith Malone, JD, an accomplished counselor and advocate with broad experience representing clients in higher education and other nonprofit activities, joined Bentley as General Counsel in March 2008. Previously Malone was a partner at national law firm Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP (formerly Palmer & Dodge LLP) since 1990 where she practiced in the areas of labor and employment law and litigation. Prior to joining Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, Malone was a Teaching Fellow at Boston College Law School and previously worked as an associate at Arent, Fox, Kinter, Plotkin & Kahn in Washington, DC and at Bowker, Elmes, Perkins, Mecsas & Gerrard in Boston. Malone was named the Leading Massachusetts Lawyer in Employment each year from 2002-2007 by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and was chosen one of America’s Leading Business Lawyers by Chambers USA each year from 2003-2008. She is also a member of the Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Malone received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, magna cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and earned her juris doctorate from Boston College Law School, magna cum laude, where she served as articles editor for the Boston College Law Review.

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Appointed to her current post in 2003, Joann McKenna oversees the offices of Undergraduate Admission, Financial Assistance, pre-collegiate outreach, Institutional Research, enrollment planning and systems. McKenna most recently served as dean of undergraduate admission and financial assistance. She joined Bentley in 1993 as director of undergraduate admission. Previously, McKenna has held enrollment positions at Siena College, LeMoyne College, and John Carroll University. She earned a BA from LeMoyne College.

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Appointed to his current post in 1999, Bob Minetti earlier served as vice president for student and administrative services since 1993. He joined Bentley in 1982 as associate dean of students, and later served as vice president for student affairs from 1986 until 1993. Previously, Dr. Minetti was assistant vice president for campus life at Rochester Institute of Technology. He has also held teaching and administrative positions at Michigan State University, the University of Vermont and St. Michael's College. He earned a BA from St. Michael's College, an MEd from the University of Vermont and a PhD from Michigan State University.

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Michael Page, PhD, joined Bentley College as dean of Business and the McCallum Graduate School in May 2008. Page came to Bentley with an extensive background in international business and more than two decades of academic experience. An advocate of diversity and inclusion, his international relationships span the globe, with strategic alliances on every continent. Prior to joining Bentley, Page served as the dean of Post-Experience Programs of Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) Erasmus University and as executive director of the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) B.V., The Netherlands. Previous roles at RSM include dean of Erasmus Graduate School of Business and dean of Academic Affairs. He has also held appoint-ments at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Cape Town. A native of South Africa, Page holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Natal University in South Africa. He served in the South African Navy, and worked as a construction and design engineer before earning an MBA and PhD from the University of Cape Town. He spent a number of years as an investment professional and portfolio adviser for Investec Asset Management (South Africa and UK) and has authored numerous peer reviewed articles in the fields of marketing, finance and business.

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Under Kathleen Yorkis' leadership, student affairs provides a comprehensive set of student services and programs within a student development framework. Her areas of responsibility include student activities, health services, counseling and student development, residence life, multicultural center, international student services, dining services, judicial affairs, spiritual life, campus police and associate and assistant deans. Appointed to her current position in 2001, she joined Bentley in 1986 as dean of students and most recently served as chief student affairs officer. She earned a BS from SUNY Geneseo, an MS from SUNY Albany, and an EdD from the American University.

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