Guilherme Costa (BABA ’05) | June 2023

Guilherme Costa Costa (BABA ’05) recently became vice president, general counsel and secretary of the corporation at Bentley University. Costa brings to Bentley more than 15 years of higher education leadership providing legal counsel and supporting regulatory guidance. 

Most recently, Costa served as the senior associate vice president and deputy university secretary at Syracuse University, where he played a crucial role in matters of governance, institutional strategy and oversight of revisions to university bylaws and various compliance-related policies and procedures. 

Costa’s previous experience includes roles as the general counsel for the South Dakota Board of Regents, deputy general counsel at the University of Idaho and law clerk at the University of Notre Dame while a law student there.