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 Dr. J. Janelle (Jan) Shubert
Director, Center for Women's Leadership
Adjunct Professor of Management Jan has been at Babson since April of 2004. In addition to serving as the Associate Director for CWL she has been co-chair of Babson’s Executive Education (BEE) program for women: “From Managing to Leading.” Shubert has over thirty years of experience in higher education. Prior to coming to Babson she spent twelve years at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In addition to designing and teaching a variety of degree program courses, she was also the Faculty Chair for multiple Executive Education programs, including two programs specifically designed for Northern Ireland, as well as the school’s two oldest professional development programs for women---the International Women’s Forum Leadership Fellows Program and the National Hispania Leadership Institute Fellows program. Jan has also taught at Harvard Business School and at the University of Michigan and was a visiting faculty member at London Business School. An active consultant for over thirty years to a wide array of organizations, she is a frequent presenter at conferences and professional meetings. Jan earned her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan and holds a master’s degree from Michigan State University and a B.A. from Southwest Missouri State University. She and her husband Charles live in the Boston area and have one grown son.
Contact Jan Shubert at 781-239-5585 or jshubert@babson.edu
Executives-in-Residence
Teri Cavanagh
Teri launched her company, TLC Connection, in 2004 as a response to the tremendous need expressed by corporations, government agencies, and nonprofits for effective strategies on how to market to women. In her previous position as senior vice president and director of the Women’s Financial Connection at Fleet Bank, she built “The Connection” from its inception at the former BankBoston and launched the $2 billion business initiative to assist women with capital, resources, and information to grow their businesses. A founding member of the Global Banking Alliance for Women, she is a key consultant to the World Bank on gender entrepreneurship. Margaret Heffernan
Margaret will be joining CWL as an executive in residence beginning January 2008. She is the author of two highly acclaimed books about women in business: The Naked Truth: A Working Woman’s Manifesto on Business and What Really Matters (2004) and How She Does It: How Women Entrepreneurs Are Changing the Rules of Business Success (2007). The CEO of five different businesses in the United States and the U.K., she was formerly a producer for the BBC, and is a regular contributor to the magazine Fast Company. Saj-Nicole Joni
Saj-Nicole is the author of The Third Opinion: How Successful Leaders Use Outside Insight to Create Superior Results and the founder of Cambridge International Group Ltd., a high-level advisory services firm. With more than 25 years of experiences as a senior executive and adviser in global corporations, she is widely regarded as one of the leading third-opinion advisers to leaders worldwide. She is a regular columnist for Forbes magazine. Jane Magpiong
Jane formerly served as president of The Private Bank of Bank of America, accountable for more than $2 billion in revenue and $170 billion in assets under management. She also held the role of northeast region president of the Private Bank. Prior to her Bank of America roles, she spent 14 years at Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco. A member of the Mass Mentoring Partnership Governing Board, she also has served as co-chair for the United Way of Massachusetts Bay campaign and as vice chair for Today’s Girls Tomorrow’s Leaders. Diane Mulcahy Diane joined McKinsey & Co.’s Corporate Finance practice in 2006, and leads the global knowledge efforts on capital markets. Her work includes serving as an expert resource to clients and consulting teams in Asia, Europe and North American on issues such as IPOs, privatizations, investor communications and capital markets strategy. Before joining McKinsey, Diane was the author of two books on venture capital. Her most recent book, Venturing Forward: A Practical Guide to Raising Equity Capital in Ireland is geared towards an audience of entrepreneurs and discusses the equity financing process from company formation to IPO. Prior to becoming an author, Diane was Vice President and an officer of American Century Ventures, Inc., a start-up corporate venture fund for an affiliate of JP Morgan, where she made investments of more than $60 million in a portfolio of eleven financial services companies. Suzy Welch
Welch is a noted author, commentator, syndicated columnist, and business journalist. Most recently, she is the co-author, with her husband Jack Welch, of WINNING, a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. She is the former editor of the Harvard Business Review and the author of numerous articles on leadership, change, creativity and organizational behavior as well as the contributor to several books on management. Affiliated Faculty Dr. I Elaine Allen Dr. Elaine Allen is the Research Director of the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship and an Associate Professor of Statistics and Entrepreneurship. She is also the Research Director for the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor project and heads the US team. She is also Co-Director of the Babson Survey Research Group (BSRG). Dr. Candida Brush
Dr. Candida Brush holds the President’s Chair in Entrepreneurship and is the Entrepreneurship Division Chair for Entrepreneurship. She is well known for her pioneering research in women’s entrepreneurship. With four other researchers she founded the Diana Project, a research consortium investigating women’s access to growth capital. Dr. Anne Donnellon
Dr. Donnellon is an Associate Professor of Management at Babson College. She teaches leadership, negotiation, teamwork, and organizational design in the MBA and executive education programs at Babson. The author of Team Talk: The Power of Language in Team Dynamics, published by Harvard Business School Press, she also developed with them an interactive corporate training product entitled Teams That Work. Professor Donnellon has also published numerous journal articles, book chapters, and teaching cases. Dr. Elaine Eisenman Dr. Elaine Eisenman is the dean of Babson Executive Education. Before coming to Babson, Eisenman held senior executive positions at American Express, Enhance Financial Services Co., The Children’s Place, PDI International, and Management & Capital Partners. Recently, Dean Eisenman co-authored a book entitled, I Didn’t See It Coming: How to Get to the Top Without Being Blind-sided, which was published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Dr. Marjorie Feld Dr. Marjorie Feld is an Assistant Professor of History at Babson College. Feld has taught History and American Studies courses at Brandeis University and the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She specializes in teaching U.S. Women's and Labor History alongside a survey course on Modern America and the foundational course on Migration and Meaning. Her dissertation, Lillian D. Wald and "Mutuality" in Twentieth-Century America, focuses on the intersections of gender, class, and ethno-religious identities, and urban and social welfare history. Dr. Mary Godwyn
Dr. Godwyn currently teaches the History and Society Foundation course, Gender Studies, Women's Studies and introductory and advanced courses in Sociology. She has lectured at Harvard University and taught at Brandeis University and Lasell College, where she was also the Director of the Donahue Institute for Public Values. Dr. Godwyn is an expert on social theory as it applies to issues of inequality. Her most recent publication is entitled "The Impact and Influence of Women's Business Centers in the United States," with Nan Langowitz and Norean Sharpe (2005). Dr. Danna Greenberg Danna Greenberg is an Assistant Professor of Management at Babson College where she teaches undergraduate, graduate, and executive courses in Organizational Behavior. Prior to joining the faculty at Babson, she taught at Boston College and Tilburg University in The Netherlands. She received her B.A. from Wellesley College and her Ph.D. from Boston College, Carroll School of Management. Dr. Patti Greene (currently on sabbatical)
Dr. Patricia Greene is the Provost of Babson College. Dr. Greene’s research focuses on the identification, acquisition, and combination of entrepreneurial resources, particularly by women and minority entrepreneurs. She is a founding member of the Diana Project, a research group focusing on women and the venture capital industry.
Dr. Nan Langowitz
Dr. Nan Langowitz is Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at Babson College and was the Founding Director of Babson’s Center for Women's Leadership. Her research and teaching is focused on the entrepreneurial leadership of women as well as the challenges and opportunities for organizations seeking to leverage the talent and market power of women. Professor Langowitz currently teaches Managerial Assessment and Development and Leadership courses in Babson’s MBA program and has been the co-director for “Moving from Managing to Leading,” Babson’s Executive Education program for women.
Dr. Virginia Soybel Ginny Soybel teaches financial accounting and financial statement analysis in both the graduate and undergraduate programs. She earned her M.B.A. and Ph.D. at Columbia University and taught at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College before coming to Babson in 1995. Professor Soybel’s research focuses on the effects of alternate reporting methods on corporate financial statements and ratios, the time series behavior of financial ratios, and the political process of accounting standard-setting. Her publications include articles in Strategic Management Journal and in the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. Dr. Donna Stoddard
Dr. Donna Stoddard is Associate Professor of Information Technology Management (ITM) and Chair of the ITM Division at Babson College. Dr. Stoddard teaches undergraduate, graduate, and executive education courses related to management information systems and business strategy. Before joining the Babson faculty, Dr. Stoddard was on the faculty at Harvard Business School where she taught in the MBA and executive education programs. She is a graduate of Creighton University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Harvard Business School where she received her BS, MBA and DBA, respectively. Elizabeth Thornton Elizabeth Thornton was recently named Babson's first Chief Diversity Officer. Thornton is the President and CEO of Entrepreneurship Advantage Inc, and a part time entrepreneurship faculty member of The Blank Center of Entrepreneurship at Babson College and The Boston University School of Management. She has assisted over 87 businesses in Massachusetts and hundreds nationwide, and has also consulted with such diverse groups as the Pioneer Institute, the Center for Women and Enterprise, Inner City Entrepreneurs, the State of Massachusetts and the City of Boston, to name a few. Thornton says “accessing the right tools to help your business grow is the key to success.” |
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