Bentley University Announces 2022 Commencement Keynote Speakers

WALTHAM, MA — Upward Wealth Founder Valerie Mosley and Putnam Investments President and CEO Robert L. Reynolds will deliver Bentley Univeristy’s 2022 Commencement Addresses on Saturday, May 21.

Mosley, founder of the financial technology platform Upward Wealth, which democratizes the creation of financial wealth, will deliver the keynote address at Bentley University’s 103rd undergraduate commencement ceremony.

Robert L. Reynolds, the president and chief executive officer of Putnam Investments, a leading global investment management firm, will address graduate students at the 47th annual commencement ceremony for Bentley’s McCallum Graduate School of Business.

Bentley University’s undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies will be the university’s first on-campus commencement celebrations in three years. More than 1,700 students will receive diplomas and will be joined by their families, friends, and members of the university community.

“The Class of 2022 undergraduate and graduate students have traveled a long and winding road to reach commencement,” said Bentley President E. LaBrent Chrite in a statement. “Despite the unimaginable challenges of the pandemic, they endured and succeeded. I’m so glad we will have the chance to celebrate them as we bring this important tradition back to our campus.”

During the respective ceremonies, Mosley and Reynolds will receive honorary Doctor of Commercial Science degrees. Undergraduate students will receive bachelor’s degrees from a variety of business and liberal arts programs and graduate students will receive advanced degrees that include a Master’s in Business Administration, Master’s in Business Analytics and Master’s in Accounting.

Bentley’s 2022 commencement will take place on the university’s south campus. The undergraduate ceremony will start at 10 a.m. and the graduate ceremony will start at 2:45 p.m. More details can be found at http://www.bentley.edu/commencement.