
Serena Platt
- Hometown: New Canaan, CT
- Concentration: Marketing and Management
- Track: Strategic Brand Consulting
- Minor: French
McIntire’s innovative specialized business graduate degrees and its hallmark undergraduate program are designed to create a wealth of opportunities for students. Immersive, hands-on courses offer transformative educational experiences that provide immediate value. Our faculty-led programs provide key business skills and fluency in many business areas.
McIntire faculty inspire students to lead with integrity and purpose when confronting today’s grand challenges in business. Our bold and brilliant professors are also committed scholars who conduct cutting-edge research through seven active centers that serve as the School's nexus of collaboration and interdisciplinary exploration.
In addition to the lifelong benefits that come from an innovative McIntire business education, Commerce School students enjoy an enhanced UVA experience on Grounds and around the globe. From insightful student services that help connect you with your passion to specialized career support that provides real-world employment opportunities, there are countless ways to make the most of your present while investing in your future.
McIntire’s innovative specialized business graduate degrees and its hallmark undergraduate program are designed to create a wealth of opportunities for students. Immersive, hands-on courses offer transformative educational experiences that provide immediate value. Our faculty-led programs provide key business skills and fluency in many business areas.
McIntire faculty inspire students to lead with integrity and purpose when confronting today’s grand challenges in business. Our bold and brilliant professors are also committed scholars who conduct cutting-edge research through seven active centers that serve as the School's nexus of collaboration and interdisciplinary exploration.
In addition to the lifelong benefits that come from an innovative McIntire business education, Commerce School students enjoy an enhanced UVA experience on Grounds and around the globe. From insightful student services that help connect you with your passion to specialized career support that provides real-world employment opportunities, there are countless ways to make the most of your present while investing in your future.

Hi everyone! My name is Serena, and I‘m a third-year McIntire student from New Canaan, CT, intending to concentrate in Marketing and Management, with a track in Strategic Brand Consulting! I also have an outside minor in French.
I am passionate about studying the world of advertising and consumer behavior, and I enjoy taking advantage of all that McIntire has to offer. Through the ICE experience, we have studied fascinating cases, such as Lego, Disney, and Bodo’s Bagels, to name a few! Additionally, the focus on teamwork has brought me new connections with other students that I wouldn’t have been able to make otherwise, and I’ve loved both working with them academically and getting to know them personally.
Outside of the classroom, I serve as the Vice President of the Advertising & Marketing Association and a member of Club Tennis, Greek life, and Madison House, where I volunteer. When I’m not at a club engagement, you can find me cooking, hiking, or playing pickleball with friends!
In spring 2026, I will be studying abroad at the Otto-Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar, Germany, which I am very excited about!
Fun fact: I’m learning German, which will be my third language!