Catching Up with Bentley’s Class of 2025

Alyssa Choo ’25 is a Computer Information Systems major. After graduation she will begin a full-time contractor position as a junior BI data developer at TJX.

Read our story about Choo’s role as co-president of Bentley Student Gaming Organization and her mission to build an inclusive gaming community on campus.

Mary Pratt ’25 is a Marketing major with minors in Experience Design (formerly Information Design and Corporate Communication) and Spanish. After graduation, she will travel to Scandinavia then begin work at Northern Trust, a financial services company, in Chicago in July. She is also training for the Milwaukee half marathon happening in October.

A Bentley Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Center (BSLCE) lead program manager with Opportunities for Inclusion (OFI), a nonprofit organization in Waltham, Pratt was featured in our story about an OFI community award for BSLCE's continued support of the program.

Amber Kiricoples ’25, MBA ’26 is a Professional Sales major pursuing an MBA in the Advanced Standing in Business Program. After graduation she plans to work full time as a business development representative in sales while pursuing her MBA part time. 

Read our story about how she has navigated three knee injuries as a student-athlete at Bentley, and shared her personal experiences as a mental health advocate for herself and others.

Andrew Fox ’25 is a Corporate Finance and Accounting major. After graduation he will be taking a solo trip to Croatia before moving to Houston, Texas, to begin a full-time job with J.P. Morgan Investment Banking Credit Risk Team in the Energy & Power group as a first-year analyst.

Read our story about his role on campus as a social advocate on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and a voice for the student community.   

Karina De Jesús ’25, MBA ’26 is a Marketing major with an Experience Design minor. After graduation, she will pursue her MBA in the Advanced Standing in Business Program while exploring full-time opportunities in marketing, brand strategy, content creation and consulting. This summer, she will return to Puerto Rico “to spend time with my family and find meaningful ways to give back to the island that raised me.”

Read her reflection on speaking the Center for Women and Business Gearing Up Conference. 

Read our story about a student cohort, including Luke Andris ’25, Caroline Bushnell ’25 and Trevor Hodgson ’25, advocating for Bentley to become a certified Fair Trade University. 

Their post-graduation plans: Andris, a Corporate Finance and Accounting major with a Nonprofit Leadership minor, is working this summer as an operations coordinator at The Food Project to focus on work at the intersection of youth, community and food. 

Bushnell, an International Affairs major, is taking a year to travel — including Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Bhutan, Uzbekistan and Turkey — to “see all of the places I’ve spent four years learning about.” 

Hodgson, a Finance major, is heading home to Cape Cod to bartend for the summer before starting the Bentley Master’s in Finance program and exploring opportunities in both the finance and nonprofit sectors.

Laila Altanbour ’25 is a Marketing major with an Experience Design minor. After graduation, she will consult as a marketing/social media brand strategist for fashion designer Tia Hashem ’26. 

Altanbour will also continue developing her podcast project, which includes constructing an on-campus “Free Little Art Gallery” at Bentley — a “take one, leave one” model to exchange creative works — and her fitness and wellness social enterprise. Before entering full-time work opportunities, she is considering traveling to Jordan to visit family and informally study Arabic while taking design courses.

Read our story about how she is using her faith journey to empower herself and others.

Autumn Coulthard ’23, MBA ’25 and Elly Monaco ’25 were featured as members of the Haydenettes, an elite synchronized ice skating team. Read our story about their award-winning skating journey.

After graduation, Coulthard — a Double Falcon who majored in Management with an Entrepreneurship concentration and minored in Marketing and Law and is graduating with a Bentley MBA — is continuing to skate with the Haydenettes and will be competing internationally throughout the year. She is also working as a sales manager at Pure Solutions, an organic lawn care and pest control company, as she prepares to apply to law school. 

Monaco, a Marketing major with an Experience Design minor, is exploring roles in the marketing field and, though she recently retired from competitive synchronized skating, plans to stay involved by coaching and continuing to skate recreationally. She is also looking forward to traveling.

Diego Marranzini ’25 and Suvasha Shrestha ’25 were among six Bentley students serving as mentors during Celtics Career Day presented by Bentley University. Read our story about their takeaways from the program.

After graduation, Marranzini, a Finance major, is working at Bradesco Bank in Miami, Florida, as a treasury intern. 

Shrestha, a Marketing major, is pursuing a full-time role in social media marketing while continuing to grow Nepali Society of America (NSA) Boston, a nonprofit platform she co-founded to focus on connection, empowerment and cultural representation.

Read our story about Allison Carrara ’25 and Coop Caiozzo ’25, MBA ’25 working with accelant — a startup marketing company — to develop a comprehensive digital marketing plan and campaign.

Carrara is a Marketing major with a Public Relations minor. After graduation, she is joining the Sponsorship & Experiential Marketing Internship program at Citizens Bank.

Caiozzo is a Marketing major pursuing an MBA in the Advanced Standing in Business Program while beginning a full-time role at accelant. He will also continue to run his business, Flagaholics. 

Shayne Williams ’25 and Julianne Tejada ’25 were among students who reflected on their summer internship experiences. Read our story about highlights of their learning.

Their post-graduation plans: Williams, an Economics-Finance major, will be working full time at State Street as part of their Finance Professional Development Program.

Tejada, also majoring in Economics-Finance, will be joining Abbott in the Finance Professional Development Program, a two-year rotational program starting in Lake County, Illinois. 

Kaitlyn McCarthy ’25 is a Corporate Finance and Accounting major with a Spanish minor. After passing her licensing exams this summer, she will join Prudential Financial in Boston as a financial advisor. 

Read our story about McCarthy’s role as co-captain of Bentley’s women’s golf team, which debuted as a varsity sport this fall.