Max Bevilacqua is the founder and managing director of Mindful Negotiating, an expanding group of next-generation scholars and practitioners who partner with leaders to channel conflict into organizational growth.

Prior to founding Mindful Negotiating, Mr. Bevilacqua advised and trained Fortune 100 Executives, Business Development Teams, and US Special Forces as a Senior Trainer at Vantage Partners. He has been on the teaching team of Harvard Law School’s (HLS) Winter Negotiation Workshop, the Program on Negotiation’s (PON) Spring Mediation and Conflict Resolution Seminar, Harvard Negotiation Institute’s (HNI) Summer Workshop, and PON’s Executive Education Masterclass. He has taught Negotiations in the Department of Management and Organizations at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, Negotiating Leadership at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and Negotiations and Conflict Management in MCI-Concord through Tufts University Prison Initiative.

Mr. Bevilacqua holds a master’s degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where he studied International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (MALD ‘18). He received his B.A. from Wesleyan University in Religious Studies (‘12).