Mini-MBA Program

Steven Wasserman has extensive experience as a corporate executive and Chief Financial Officer. He has been part of the executive team of various firms involved in turnaround situations, mergers and acquisitions, and IPOs, and he has significant Wall Street experience raising capital and managing relationships with investors, investment bankers, rating agencies, and commercial banks. Steve has more than 35 years of experience managing corporate finance, accounting, financial planning and analysis, investor relations, legal and human resources. He has previously served as CFO of technology-focused companies including InfoBionic, Inc., AppNeta, Inc, Memento, Inc. Constant Contact, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTCT), Med-i-Bank Inc and ON Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: ONTC). Steve has a BBA Degree from the University of Michigan and an MBA degree from Babson College.

Dr. Effie Stavrulaki is an Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at Bentley University. Prior to joining the faculty at Bentley University, she held a tenure track faculty position at the Smeal College of Business, Penn State University. She holds a Ph.D. Degree in Management Science from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester. Effie is also a UCLA Certified Mindfulness Teacher. Her research and teaching interests explore the areas of operations and supply chain management as well as how positive psychology and mindfulness can improve the safety, efficiency and effectiveness of production processes. Effie has published articles in many top peer-reviewed journals such as Management Science, Service Science, the European Journal of Operational Research, and Naval Research Logistics. Effie has presented her work in many national and international conferences and has served as the co-president of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, and as an area editor of IISE Transactions. She has been the thesis advisor of two Ph.D. students and has also supervised undergraduate research projects. Effie's teaching experience includes a variety of courses such as operations and supply chain management, process management, database management, statistics, positive psychology, and mindfulness.

Cynthia Clark, PhD, is the John W. Poduska Professor of Governance, Management Department and is the author of two books - Giving Voice to Values in the Boardroom and Business & Society: Ethical, Legal and Digital Environments. She regularly conducts training sessions on ethical decision-making, shareholder activism and optimal nominating and governance procedures for senior management teams and boards of directors. Additionally, she is an active member in and frequent speaker for the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), 50/50 Women on Boards and the Society for Governance Professionals. She has been widely cited in the media on governance issues including The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, CNN, Forbes and Reuters with multiple appearances on Bloomberg Radio and various governance podcasts. Cynthia’s research interests concern ethics and governance issues in organizations with a particular focus on how firms do or do not address conflicts of interest, shareholder activism, privacy breaches and disclosing information. Recently published work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Business Horizons, Strategic Management Journal, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, Management Information Systems Quarterly, and Business & Society. She is the founding director of the Harold S. Geneen Institute of Corporate Governance, an institute dedicated to bridging board of director research with practice. Cynthia serves on the editorial board of the journal, Business & Society. industry. She holds a PhD from the honors program at Boston University and a Master's degree from Northwestern University.

Dr. Andy Aylesworth is a Professor of Marketing and Chair of the Marketing Department at Bentley University. He has been teaching at Bentley since 1994. His primary teaching interests are Creativity, Advertising, Marketing Communication and Promotion, and Marketing Fundamentals. His current research interests include enhancing creativity in business and the classroom and improving marketing and business pedagogy. He has trained in the techniques of improvisational comedy and performed in several Boston area shows, and strives to use these techniques to improve the business skills of his students. In fact, improv techniques inform Andy’s favorite class, “Enhancing Creativity,” which he has offered to graduate students in various formats at Bentley and at the Rotterdam School of Management, the University of Adelaide and Stellenbosch University. Andy has also worked with teams at Keurig/Dr. Pepper, the Australian Sports Commission and the Australian Accounting and Consulting firm Pitcher Partners to unleash their inherent creativity. Andy has been published in the Journal of Marketing Education, Journal of Education for Business, Journal of Advertising, Journal of Business Research, and Advances in Consumer Research. Prior to entering academia he was an account executive at Saffer Advertising in Chicago.

Gary David, PhD,  research focuses on the role that interpersonal interactions play in the formation of intergroup relations. He has conducted research primarily in workplace settings where intercultural/intergroup interactions take place on a regular basis. Past studies include the analysis of interactions between workers and customers in Arab-owned convenience stores in Metropolitan Detroit. Present projects include examining the nature of collaborative activity in multicultural worksites, and how co-workers build a collaborative relationship through engaging in workplace practices. Dr. David also specializes in Arab-American studies, and ethnic identity research. Recent publications and presentations include topics on Muslim American communities, Arab-owned convenience stores, images of Arabs in the West, Arab-American identity, theories of immigrant entrepreneurship, and intercultural service encounters. Finally, Dr. David is the Administrator of a on-line discussion group dedicated to Arab-American Studies.