About the GSA
Mission
“To create a professional and social environment that promotes personal and professional growth for all graduate students; influence graduate school policies that enrich the graduate school experience socially, academically and professionally; and unify students in the commitment to build relationships that establish a strong network in the business world.”
About the E-Board
The 2011-2012 President was elected during the 2011 spring semester by Bentley’s graduate students. The rest of the e-board was then appointed. All graduate students are encouraged to vote each year and any graduate student may run for office during the nomination and election season each spring.
Meet the 2011-2012 E-Board
Zhong Li serves as Sr. VP of GSA and currently is working towards MS in Accountancy degree. She had a Bachelor of Law in business law and a Minor degree of Finance from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, China. She came to Boston to study accounting at Bentley University in September 2010. Zhong is enthusiastic about new ideas and different cultures. She enjoys music and painting and is good at Jiangsu Cuisine(苏菜), one of the eight culinary traditions of China.
Treasurer: Di Wang
Di Wang is the Treasurer of GSA and is currently attending Bentley to earn her MSF. As an energetic and fashion-minded person, she would like to make friends with people from diverse cultures. For Di, making a difference isn’t about what you will be doing in the future, but rather about how you do things right now.
VP of Alumni Relations: Naina Zhao 
Naina Zhao is the VP of Alumni Relations and currently a graduate student pursuing a master degree of finance. During her undergraduate study at Shanghai International Studies University, she was the president of English college’s student association. Meanwhile, she worked at head office of Bank of China followed by Hong Kong Sincere Group. Naina now works at both Lois Paul & Partners and Dreambridge Partners, LLC as finance intern. She loves swimming, oil painting and meeting new friends.
VP of Communication: Shaheel Dholakia
Shaheel Dholakia is the VP of Communications and a fulltime MBA student concentrating in Finance. His Undergraduate degree is in Accountancy and has worked for the biggest Financial company in India (Reliance Capital) as a Relationship manager. He is a easy going and passionate person. He will try anything once and is always up for a challenge. Quote he lives by: “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” Theodore Roosevelt
VP of Diversity: Muntasir Alam
Muntasir Alam is the VP of Diversity and a full time MBA student concentrating in Finance. He completed his Bachelors in North South University (Bangladesh) with a dual major in Marketing and Finance. After the completion of Bachelors degree, he worked as a portfolio manager in Dhaka Stock Exchange for two years. He had the opportunity to work with Tufts Medical Center and in the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston as a Summer Intern. Always a huge fan of soccer, he is always up for any sporting activities and a fun-seeker at any event.
VP of Inter-University Relations: Emira Ajeti
Emira is pursuing her MBA at Bentley University. She has had experience in working for Government Institutions, specifically the Ministry of Economy and Finance and private companies within Kosovo and the US. She is fluent in English, Albanian, Serbian, with a strong command of Spanish and Turkish.
More about Emira: “It is through Writing, that I’ve learned to make myself think thoroughly. It is in the hardest of times that an oblivious need to write hunts me down. It is only so I rest assured, that my true feeling of that very moment, will never be forgotten [my all time fear]”
VP of Part-time Students: Megan Whelan
Megan Whelan is the VP of Part-time Students. She is a part-time MBA student concentrating in Information Systems and is also a member of the Academic Integrity Board at Bentley. Megan works full-time as a Healthcare Consultant at Thomson Reuters, where she serves as co-chair of the company Women @ Thomson Reuters group. She received her undergraduate degree in Marketing at Providence College and has worked at YMCA, WGBH, Adecco, Computershare and Multiplan. In her free time, she enjoys running, biking and reading the autobiographies of U.S. Presidents.
VP of Philanthropy: Sangzi Zou
Sangzi Zou (Maggie)—VP of Philanthropy, full-time MSA student She likes trying everything new and different in her life. She is responsible and warm-hearted. Doing philanthropy always brings her real happiness from deep inside the heart.
VP of Technology: Vignesh Krubai
Vignesh is pursuing a dual degree MBA+MS in HFID at Bentley University. He grew up in Dubai and later worked worked in India at Tata Consultancy Services for a couple of years before coming to Bentley. He is a movie buff and also enjoys reading fiction and quizzing.
VP of Sister Organizations: Neel Bhalaria
Neel Bhalaria is the VP of Sister Organizations and is currently pursuing his full time MBA with Finance as a concentration. He has a background in engineering and manufacturing process theory and has worked with an Indian multinational, Larsen and Toubro on several projects. He has experience in operations management, client management as well as international marketing. His passions are skating, squash, badminton and web designing.
VP of Special Events: Sezin Ata
Sezin Ata is the VP of Special Events and is currently pursuing her full time MBA with marketing concentration. Besides GSA and her courses, she also works for CMT. After her bachelor’s degree from Ege University (Turkey) as a textile engineer, she worked at ASDA-WALMART as an assistant merchandiser for 2 years. This was followed by her experience as a buyer at a Turkish Clothing Brand-Colin`s Jeans. After receiving the Fulbright scholarship, she came to the USA. Her passion is playing basketball. She also loves swimming, trekking, scuba diving and is proud that she completed a half marathon in October in Newport, RI.