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Bryant University names new College of Business dean
Bryant University recently welcomed Todd M. Alessandri, Ph.D., as the new dean of the College of Business. He joins Bryant from Northeastern University where he was associate dean of undergraduate education in the D’Amore-McKim School of Business.
Alessandri enters Bryant at a crucial moment. In the fall, the College of Business moves into the 250,000-square-foot Business Entrepreneurship Leadership Center. In addition to classrooms, the newly renovated facility will feature lab spaces and centers, including the recently announced Frank ’81 and Marion ’81 Hauck Sales Performance Lab and the Ellen Wilson Leadership Center. Other active learning and engagement hubs include an Entrepreneurship Center, a makerspace, and AI, Data Science, and Digital Marketing labs. These new initiatives will significantly strengthen experiential learning opportunities for Bryant students and bring regional, national, and international business leaders to campus to mentor these future business trailblazers.
“Bryant has a very strong reputation in business education, and with the new home for the College of Business, there’s great momentum behind the university,” says Alessandri. “I look forward to working with Bryant’s incredibly dedicated and talented faculty to enhance and grow the school’s renowned interdisciplinary and globally focused education.”
While at Northeastern, Alessandri coordinated academic programming across three campuses and oversaw interdisciplinary curriculum development while managing the advising and cooperative education staff. Prior to becoming associate dean, he led Northeastern’s full-time MBA program. As a professor, he taught at Northeastern, Providence College, Syracuse University, and Babson. He’s been a visiting professor at Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Piacenza, Italy, since 2012. Prior to joining academia, Alessandri held roles in finance and accounting at Lifeline Systems, Inc. and PwC.
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