Meet the Team

Matthew Thaler serves as WPI’s Vice President & General Counsel.   As General Counsel, Matt advises university clients on a broad range of issues affecting higher education, including litigation and dispute resolution, enterprise risk management, student affairs, research and intellectual property, federal and state policy compliance, labor and employment, contract negotiations, and institutional governance.  He brings more than two decades of legal experience spanning private practice, industry leadership, and higher education. He has served WPI in the Office of the General Counsel ...

Benita Brahmbhatt serves as Associate General Counsel at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where she advises on a wide range of legal, compliance, and risk management matters in support of the University’s mission and operations.Prior to joining WPI, Benita spent nine years at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, where she served as a Senior Attorney. In that role, she led complex civil rights investigations across higher education and K–12 institutions, negotiated resolution agreements, and regularly mediated disputes between institutions and complainants.Earlier in her ...