Michael L. Fetters is the Walter Carpenter Distinguished Professor of Management and Professor of Accounting at Babson College. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Fetters was Babson College’s first Provost and served in this post from 2003-2006. Prior to the creation of the position of Provost, Dr. Fetters was Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty for five years and served as chairperson of the Accounting and Law Division for nine. He was on the faculty team that designed and launched the innovative, integrated entrepreneurial MBA program, and on the design and launch team for the integrated undergraduate program. In addition, he designed and directed the MS in Strategic Cost Accounting Program for Lucent Technologies, and is currently working on the design and teaching of Babson’s distance learning offerings offered in blended MBA programs.

He has been selected twice by the graduate students as the Thomas Kennedy Professor of the Year. He has also won the college’s prestigious Walter H. Carpenter Award for Exceptional Contributions to Babson College. Dr. Fetters consults in the areas of strategic planning and financial data interpretation, pedagogical design and executive education. His consulting clients include many small businesses as well as Advest, Lucent Technologies and Hewlett Packard. He has published numerous articles and book chapters as well as presented nationally and internationally on the topics of financial statement analysis, women in professions, curriculum innovation and pedagogical research.

Currently, Dr. Fetters is on the Board of Directors for Recycline, Inc. and the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) where he serves as the Chair of the NFTE Audit Committee. He serves on the Accreditation Quality Committee (AQC) and on accreditation review teams for the international business accrediting organization, AACSB International. Dr. Fetters holds a Ph.D. in Business and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his B.S. from Ohio State University and is a CPA.