MaryEllen Ryan

Senior Associate Director, Undergraduate Career Development, Pulsifer Career Development Center

MaryEllen Ryan is a Senior Associate Director of Undergraduate Career Development in the Pulsifer Career Development Center and the dedicated Career Coach for Finance and Corporate Finance & Accounting (Finance-Focus) Majors.

Ryan has over 14 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining the Undergraduate Career Development team, she was a Private Client Relationship Advisor with Brown Advisory, an independent investment management firm.  She has extensive experience working with multi-generational families to address a wide variety of wealth management needs.

Ryan has a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College and MBA from Boston College. She enjoys combining her financial services experience with her commitment to education to help students evaluate their skills sets and interests and find a rewarding career path.

Career Coach for the following majors:

  • Finance
  • Corporate Finance and Accounting (Finance-Focus)

Fun fact: MaryEllen loves to travel and has visited 24 states and 15 countries and look forward to adding to the list.

Favorite part about the office: When students come in to share great news about internship/full-time offers!

Junior & Senior Appointments:

Please schedule an appointment via Handshake (Career Center > Appointments > Schedule a New Appointment > follow remaining prompts).

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MAKE MONEY MOVES! Don’t miss this great event with Crissi Cole, Bentley Alum and Founder & CEO of Penny Finance!

Don’t miss this great opportunity to hear from Crissi Cole, Bentley Alum and Founder & CEO of Penny Finance!  Learn how to get your personal finances in order and how to set yourself up for financial success.  You don’t have to make a fortune – it starts with a penny!  RSVP in Handshake.

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Girls Who Invest: Final Application Deadline Approaching for 2022!

Girls Who Invest is excited to announce that the application for our 2022 summer programs is now open! 

As part of our mission to increase the number of women leaders in the investment management industry, we welcome applications from sophomore students across all majors for this year’s Summer Intensive Program and Online Intensive Programs. We also welcome applications from first-year students for our Online Intensive Program.

Why Girls Who Invest?

We offer:

Free education on fundamental finance and investing concepts.

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ACE YOUR INTERVIEWS: Sign up for the MOCK INTERVIEW EVENT!

WANT TO WALK OUT OF AN INTERVIEW FEELING LIKE THIS…

INSTEAD OF LIKE THIS…

Sign up for a 20 MINUTE VIRTUAL PRACTICE INTERIVEW ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5TH with an employer that regularly recruits Bentley students!  Get valuable feedback on what you’re doing well and on areas of improvement before the real deal!

See the below flyer for additional details. To reserve a spot, go to Handshake > Jobs > Search ‘Mock Interview’ > Select your area of interest > Apply. 

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Bank of America Fall 2021 Campus Web Series – Upcoming Webinars!

Bank of America invites you to attend their Fall 2021 Campus Recruitment Webcast Series, designed to educate you on all that Bank of America has to offer and help you define your interests.  These webcasts will provide guidance as you begin your journey towards pursuing a future career.

Below is a list of the upcoming presentations and information so you can find the best fit for you.  Further information on each event and joining details will be provided upon registration.

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Check out Corporate Finance Institute’s Interactive Career Map!

The field of finance is so broad…and if we’re being honest…it can be very confusing!

Corporate Finance Institute has designed an Interactive Career Map to help you start to make sense of the finance industry.

The map provides a helpful and succinct overview of:

Banks (“sell-side”)
Institutions (“buy-side”)
Corporates (“issuers”)
Public Accounting firms

Each of these broad categories is broken down into smaller groups, with further details about compensation, entry/exit strategy, and the skills required for success in a variety …

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Boston Women in Finance (BWF) Inspire Scholarship – Apply by 10/15!

Boston Women in Finance (BWF) is a professional women’s group dedicated to bringing together a diverse community of accomplished women with financial backgrounds, experience, and industry interests, to network, collaborate, and inspire. Its membership is a powerful community of women leaders, innovators, and influencers that include executives from PNC Bank, MindWise Innovations, Granite Telecommunications, Boston Partners Global Investors, and The CFO Leadership Council among other organizations.

BWF has just announced the launch of its inaugural BWF Inspire Scholarship! BWF is …

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Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking – 2021 Sophomore Diversity Summit – Apply Today!

Wells Fargo is recruiting talent for its Corporate & Investment Banking 2021 Sophomore Diversity Summit.

The below opportunity is for undergraduate sophomores with an expected graduation of December 2023 or May/June 2024.

Visit the 2021 Sophomore Diversity Summit application page to submit your application by 11:59 p.m. EST on October 11, 2021!

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Buy Side vs. Sell Side Finance Event on 9/12 (featuring alumni from the Class of 2020!)

Don’t miss this great educational event spearheaded by three impressive alumni from the Class of 2020!  Click here to register.

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2021 Women in Alternative Investments Career Forum – DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 9/10!

Join WAVE for the fifth annual Women in Alternative Investments Career Forum – the industry leading event to recruit and source the next generation of women in finance!

The link to apply for the 2021 Career Forum is available here.  Applications close at 11:45pm ET on Friday, September 10th (yes, this different from what is noted below…the deadline was extended!).

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2021 Women in Alternative Investments Career Forum – APPLY BY 9/3!

Join WAVE for the fifth annual Women in Alternative Investments Career Forum – the industry leading event to recruit and source the next generation of women in finance!

The link to apply for the 2021 Career Forum is available here.  Applications close at 11:59pm ET on Friday September 3rd.

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