LISTEN: Food Insecurity, Nutrition, and the Power of Leadership

November 18, 2025

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What if ending hunger took the same entrepreneurial leadership as launching a startup?

That’s exactly how Jeni Wheeler MBA’05 tackled food insecurity. Drawing on her Babson-trained mindset and personal hardship, Wheeler founded the Family Table Collaborative—now feeding thousands across Cape Cod.

In this third episode of Season 2 of Babson’s podcast, “From Problems to Possibilities: Entrepreneurial Leadership in Action,” hear how Wheeler used business modeling and social entrepreneurship to turn crisis into opportunity, creating a sustainable system that rescues food and nourishes families in need.

Wheeler’s story shows that entrepreneurial thinking isn’t just for profit—it’s also for purpose, transforming how we confront today’s most pressing social challenges.

The episode is available on Apple, Spotify , and Amazon, and you can listen here:

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Tagged Alumni, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Social Innovation, Graduate

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