Faculty & Leaders

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Babson Undergraduates Deliver Real-World Solutions for Senior Living Community Babson students in the Sustainable Operations and Innovation class presented sustainability solutions for local senior living community North Hill as part of a months-long consulting project collaboration.
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Melissa Savignano
Writer
Melissa Savignano
Melissa Savignano, a content marketing manager at Babson College, has worked in higher education for almost a decade, where she tells authentic, compelling campus and community stories. Before Babson, she managed communications for Boston University’s largest college, the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. She previously worked in client relations, helping brands of various sizes launch content marketing strategies and storytelling initiatives. When not at work, you will find her in the city of Boston, probably at the movie theater.
December 18, 2025

Posted in Community

The Retailing Management course with Jaylen Brown and Joel Kamm MBA’12 outside their pop-up event.
Hands-On, All-In: Babson’s Retailing Management Students Create Unforgettable Pop-Up Experience The Retailing Management class, composed of mostly fourth-year students, brought experiential learning to life, executing a campus pop-up event with Jaylen Brown’s 741 Performance brand, culminating in all they’ve learned at Babson.
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Melissa Savignano
Writer
Melissa Savignano
Melissa Savignano, a content marketing manager at Babson College, has worked in higher education for almost a decade, where she tells authentic, compelling campus and community stories. Before Babson, she managed communications for Boston University’s largest college, the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. She previously worked in client relations, helping brands of various sizes launch content marketing strategies and storytelling initiatives. When not at work, you will find her in the city of Boston, probably at the movie theater.
December 8, 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Real estate developer and babson professors discuss inclusive excellence in business.
Just Start: How to Turn Inclusive Excellence into Entrepreneurial Activity At Babson’s Inclusive Excellence Summit, real estate developer Richard Taylor demonstrates how inclusion becomes a competitive advantage while impacting the community.
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Hillary Chabot
Writer
Hillary Chabot
Hillary Chabot is a writer for Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. An award-winning journalist, she is known for her insightful reporting and dedication to detailed storytelling. With a career spanning over two decades, she has covered a wide range of topics, from presidential campaigns and government policy to neighborhood issues and investigative series. As a reporter for The Boston Herald, Hillary earned a reputation for tenacity and integrity. Her work at Babson College fuels her passions—to learn something new every day and conduct thoughtful, empathic interviews. She’s thrilled to be at Babson College, where students, faculty, staff members and classes provide compelling copy daily.
November 20, 2025

Posted in Community

Babson Professor Jeffrey Shay ’87, MBA’91, sits at a table with professors from Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Babson Works with HBCUs to Boost Entrepreneurship Education A case-writing program, which teaches participants how to develop a hallmark of business education, is one of several Babson initiatives with Historically Black Colleges and Universities that aim to empower entrepreneurial leaders and the professors who educate them.
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John Crawford
Senior Journalist
John Crawford
A writer for Babson Thought & Action and the Babson Magazine, John Crawford has been telling the College’s entrepreneurial story for more than 15 years. Assignments for Babson have taken him from Rwanda to El Salvador, from the sweet-smelling factory of a Pennsylvania candy maker, to the stately Atlanta headquarters of an NFL owner, to the bustling office of a New York City fashion designer. Beyond his work for Babson, he has written articles and essays for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Notre Dame Magazine, The Good Men Project, and other publications. He can be found on Twitter, @crawfordwriter, where he tweets about climate change.
October 31, 2025

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Babson Briefs

Wendy Murphy Awarded the Edward A. Madden Professor of Global Leadership Professor of Management Wendy Murphy has been awarded the Edward A. Madden Professor of Global Leadership at Babson College, effective January 1.
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December 16, 2025

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Cindy Klein Marmer MBA’02, P’29 Named Executive Director of the Blank Center  Babson College appoints Cindy Klein Marmer MBA’02, P’29 as the executive director of the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, bringing new momentum to the venture ecosystem.
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December 15, 2025

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Poonam Arora Named Dean of the Undergraduate School at Babson  Dr. Poonam Arora has been named the new dean of the Undergraduate School at Babson College. She currently is the associate dean of faculty affairs and strategic initiatives and professor of management at Quinnipiac University.
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December 10, 2025

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Babson Named Among 15 Top Colleges for Launching Your Career Babson College was named one of 15 Top Colleges For Launching Your Career by Forbes magazine, which highlights the colleges that are best at preparing students to successfully enter the workforce.
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December 8, 2025

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Heidi Neck Awarded the Trailblazer Award in Entrepreneurial Education Presented by Bowie State University, the Trailblazer Award honors educators who shape the way entrepreneurship is taught around the globe
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November 25, 2025

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