Theme: Spark!

TEDxBentleyU is all about presenting a venue for fascinating speakers to share their personal stories and innovative visions. For this new year, our occasion will bring talks destined to influence speakers to share thoughts that will help the audience feel inspired to start exploiting their inner potential. This year, our event will feature talks circling around the theme 'Spark.'

Our theme encompasses the idea of igniting inspiration, innovation, and transformative change. "Spark" serves as a metaphor for the initial burst of energy or insight that has the capacity to set in motion a chain reaction, sparking positive change on both individual and collective levels. It encourages speakers to share stories, concepts, and experiences that have the potential to kindle new perspectives, challenge the status quo, and illuminate the path toward progress.

Join us at this year's event to learn from our speakers and get inspired!

Wilder Pavilion
Bentley University - 175 Forest Street
Waltham, Massachusetts, 02452
United States

Gary David

Gary is a Professor of Sociology and Experience Design at Bentley University. His consulting and professional speaking focuses on how to make connected environments, bridging social distance to make collaboration and cooperation possible.

Jonathan Maynard

Jonathan is a senior at Bentley University pursuing a B.S. in Finance where he will be graduating in May 2024. In addition to his interpersonal skills among peers and friends, he enjoys conversations about banking and finance to gain a better understanding of the industry he fell in love with when he was 12. He also enjoys playing golf, hiking, and bowling with his family, in addition to a life-long love for cars.

Kate Buhler

Kate has over thirty-five years of experience traveling the world while working in luxury hospitality. Since 2011, she has been an independent consultant, founding Profitable to Train®, and has reached audiences at an emotional level through stories, laughter, and relatable examples.

Kelsey Logan

Kelsey is a Bentley student pursuing a Public Policy major and minors in Business Studies and Earth, Environment, and Global Sustainability. On campus, you can find her involved as an RA, an intern at the Office of Sustainability, a Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Educator, and members of the Student Government and the Women's Leadership Program. Kelsey is passionate about intersectional sustainability and enjoys exploring how to use storytelling as a form of activism.

Meg Radunich

Meg Radunich is a therapist, career coach, and yoga teacher. She served as a Career Center Director at Boston University’s Hospitality School for five years and as an Assistant Director at New York University for three years, connecting students and alumni to rewarding and meaningful careers. In her spare time, Meg enjoys road trips, running half marathons, and history museums.

Rob Swymer

During his four-decade career in high-tech, Rob Swymer has mentored and coached executives all over the world, passing on his lessons learned, and giving them the skills they need to transform their personal and business lives. Rob is the author of the best-selling book, "Surrender to Your Adversity", a global speaker, and graduate of Bentley University class of 83’.

Susan Vroman

Susan is a Senior Lecturer of Management at Bentley University whose research focuses on women’s leadership and remote work enablement, and is also an organizational and leadership effectiveness consultant. Her consulting niche is in entrepreneurial businesses that are “coming of age” and where the people business was recently invited to the table.

Trudy Mandeville

Trudy has been an entrepreneur managing a small business and its team for over 25 years. She also had the opportunity to teach a business curriculum for students for 10 years and served as a business advisor and mentor for high students in career and technical education. Her work, regardless of audience or industry, has always focused on learning and technology-supported learning.