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Two VSB Students Selected as
Poets & Quants 2020 Best & Brightest Business Majors Two Villanova School of Business students—Saachi Bedi ’20 VSB and Julie Snitzer ’20 VSB—were selected as Poets & Quants for Undergrads Best & Brightest Business Majors of 2020. Saachi Bedi ’20 VSB
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Saachi Bedi From Princeton Junction, New Jersey, Bedi was a Finance major. She served as a research assistant for the Victoria and Justin Gmelich ’90 Lab for Financial Markets, events committee head and secretary for the Business and Leadership Society, and vice president of Philanthropy for the Alpha Phi Fraternity. Bedi is also a Gold Award recipient and lifetime member of the Girl Scouts. She has interned with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs. After graduation, Bedi returned to Goldman Sachs as an investment banking analyst. Shelly Howton, PhD, chair of the Department of Finance & Real Estate, told Poets & Quants, “Saachi is a very strong advocate of promoting and supporting women in finance and has worked hard during her years in VSB to ensure she is a role model for future women Finance majors. She is a born leader who often leads by example.”
Julie Snitzer ’20 VSB
Poets & Quants chose 100 students from around the nation who use their skills to impact business in creative ways and who are poised to be the future leaders of the business world.
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Julie Snitzer Snitzer, of Arlington Heights, Illinois, was a Marketing major with a minor in Finance. She was actively involved on campus in a variety of roles, including serving as a VSB Ambassador, a local program host for Pennsylvania Special Olympics and a peer mentor for the Villanova Honors Program. She has also studied abroad in London, England, and in Cape Town, South Africa. She has interned with Grove Communication, Air Line Pilots Association and Newell Brands. She will begin working at Mercer as a career consulting analyst. "Julie is an outstanding member of the Class of 2020,” said Cathy Toner, JD, assistant dean, Talent & Staff Development, Community and External Outreach. She continued, “I met Julie when she was a freshman, and she impressed me with her maturity, positive attitude and willingness to learn. One of the things I most appreciate about her is that she actively seeks opportunities to study and learn in different countries and cultures. Julie enhances the Villanova community with her presence and lives the Augustinian ideals of Veritas, Unitas and Caritas every day.”
