Eloise Bentley

Eloise Bentley (she/her) is a proud Indigenous woman belonging to the Wiradjuri Nation in eastern Australia. She is a second-year Master in Public Policy student at Harvard Kennedy School and is passionate about Indigenous peoples’ self-determination. Eloise most recently worked as an independent consultant working with Indigenous not-for-profits and philanthropic organizations on strategy, development and Indigenous impact. Previously she was at the Paul Ramsay Foundation, one of Australia’s largest private philanthropic foundations, as the First Nations Manager where she was responsible for identifying, developing and managing impactful partnerships with Indigenous organizations across Australia. Before joining the Foundation, Eloise was a management consultant at Bain & Company based in the Melbourne office. Eloise holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering and an Advanced Graduate Diploma in Australian Indigenous Studies from the University of Melbourne.