Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship &
International Diana Institute Research Fellow, Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership
Lakshmi Balachandra is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Babson College and an International Diana Institute Research Fellow at Babson’s Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership. Her research examines the impact of trust, gender, and other entrepreneurial characteristics on acquiring early-stage funding. She was a co-author of the Diana Report (2014), a comprehensive analysis of venture capital investments in women entrepreneurs. Balachandra has also been an entrepreneur herself; worked at the largest women-owned, women-focused venture capital firm in the country; and founded the Women’s Venture Capital Network.
Paul T. Babson Chair, Entrepreneurial Studies
Andrew Corbett is the Paul T. Babson Chair of Entrepreneurship at Babson College and an instructor at Babson Executive Education. The Journal of Business Management recently named him one of the Top 25 Entrepreneurship Researchers in the World. Dr. Corbetts primary areas of study are corporate entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial learning and cognition, and entrepreneurship education. He is the co-author of Beyond the Champion: Institutionalizing Innovation Innovation Through People (2018).
Edward A. Madden Professor of Global Leadership
Rob Cross is the Edward A. Madden Professor of Global Leadership at Babson College. For almost twenty years, his research, teaching and consulting have focused on applying social network analysis ideas to critical business issues for actionable insights and bottom-line results. He has worked with over 300 leading companies, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. He is the director of Connected Commons, a consortium dedicated to developing research, relationships, and resources exploring the link between personal networks and professional success.
Executive Director, Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL)
Dr. Susan Duffy is the Executive Director of the Babson College Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL), where she educates, inspires and empowers women to transform their entrepreneurial potential into social and economic impact. She earned a Ph.D. in Management and Organization from The George Washington University, and is an advisor to a number of early stage companies, an angel investor, and a member of several boards and advisory councils.
Walter H. Carpenter Professor of Organizational Behavior
Management Division Co-Chair
Danna Greenberg is the Walter H. Carpenter Professor of Organizational Behavior at Babson College. Danna teaches organizational behavior at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive level, often in association with entrepreneurship and design thinking. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Wellesley College and a Ph.D. in Organizational Studies from Boston College. Her main area of research focuses on understanding the intersection between individuals’ work and non-work lives as they move through their careers.
Professor of Economics
Kent Jones is a Professor of Economics at Babson College and an expert on trade policy and institutional issues, particularly the World Trade Organization and regional trade agreements. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including Who’s Afraid of the WTO? (2004), The Doha Blues: Getting the Trade System Back on Track (2009), and Reconstructing the WTO for the 21st Century (2015). Dr. Jones holds masters degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, and received his Ph.D. in international economics from the University of Geneva.
Executive Director, Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Debi Kleiman is the Executive Director of the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, the hub for entrepreneurial activity and programs at Babson College. Babson’s undergraduate and graduate business programs have been ranked first in entrepreneurship by U.S. News & World Report for over 20 years. Kleiman has been mentoring Boston-area entrepreneurs for more than a decade and is on the advisory board for several local startups. She has a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Lecturer, Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management, Baruch College Zicklin School of Business
Affiliate Faculty Member, Executive Education’s Corporate Innovation Practice
Associate Dean &
Professor of Management
Wendy Murphy is the Associate Dean of the Undergraduate School and a Professor of Management at Babson College. She teaches organizational behavior, leadership, and negotiation across undergraduate, MBA, MSEL, and executive education programs.
Professor of Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship Department
Gina is a Professor of Innovation Management at Babson College. She conducts research and develops curricula that facilitate learning for graduate students and executives based on her findings on Breakthrough Innovation capabilities in large mature companies. Before joining Babson, Gina spent 29 years at the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and earned her Ph.D. in Marketing and Corporate Strategy at NYU.
Professor of Strategy & Innovation
Jay Rao is a professor of Strategy and Innovation at Babson College and teaches extensively in Babson Executive Education. His research on innovation and culture has appeared in the Sloan Management Review, European Management Review, and Design Management Review, as well as his 2012 book, The Discipline and Culture of Innovation. Dr. Rao has a Ph.D. from Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA and sits on the innovation advisory boards of Bancolombia and Firmenich.
Professor, Entrepreneurship
Joel Shulman is a Professor of Entrepreneurship at Babson College. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst, the Founder and Managing Director at the investment firm EntrepreneurShares, and the creator of the Entrepreneur 30 Index. He previously founded the CFA test-prep company Shulman Review, which provided training for over 12,000 investment professionals throughout the world. He is the author of numerous academic articles and books and has consulted for small entrepreneurial firms, large corporations, and institutions including the World Bank. Joel has an M.P.A. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a Ph.D. and M.B.A. from Michigan State University.
The Arthur M. Blank Endowed Chair for Values-Based Leadership
Scott Taylor is the The Arthur M. Blank Endowed Chair for Values-Based Leadership at The Blank School at Babson College. He is also a research fellow with the Coaching Research Lab at Case Western Reserve University, a member of the Consortium for Learning Innovation convened by McKinsey & Company, and a core member of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations (CREIO).
John H. Muller, Jr. Endowed Professor in Entrepreneurship
Andrew Zacharakis is the John H. Muller, Jr. Endowed Professor in Entrepreneurship and the Director of the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. He previously served as Chair of the Entrepreneurship Department and Director of the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson. Dr. Zacharakis received a Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship & Strategic Management from the University of Colorado and an M.B.A. from Indiana University, Bloomington. He is the co-author of five books.