Tag: Women’s Leadership

Collage of photos of Babson women student-athletes

Nine on IX: Babson Student-Athletes on the Impact of Title IX On the 50th anniversary of Title IX, we reached out to nine Babson student-athlete alumni and coaches for their reflections on the role college athletics played in their personal and professional development.

By Eric Beato

June 22, 2022

Tagged Athletics, Alumni, Women's Leadership, Babson Magazine, Inclusive Excellence

Posted in Community

2026-04-18 14:31:20

Flowers lie and an eternal flame burns at the Armenian Genocide Memorial

Keeping Armenian History Alive The painful story of the Armenian genocide is not always told. The leaders of Babson’s Armenian Student Association are working to change that.

By John Crawford

May 31, 2022

Tagged Undergraduate, Student Life, Women's Leadership, Global

Posted in Community

2026-04-12 05:25:39

Martina Garabedian and Riya Pandhare pose at the TedxBabsonCollege 2022 event.

TEDxBabsonCollege Co-Chairs Foster Campus Collaboration Martina Garabedian ’22 and Riya Pandhare MSEL’22 collaborated with partners across campus to create the biggest TEDxBabsonCollege in the program’s history.

By Melissa Savignano

May 24, 2022

Tagged Class of 2022, Undergraduate, Graduate, Women's Leadership

Posted in Community

2026-04-16 09:18:06

Shakenna Williams Appointed to the National Women’s Business Council Shakenna Williams, the executive director for the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership at Babson College, has been appointed to the National Women’s Business Council.

By Thought & Action Staff

May 11, 2022

Tagged Women's Leadership

Posted in Community

Shakenna Williams poses for a photo outside of CWEL

Leading a Community of Women Entrepreneurs As the executive director of the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership, and founder of the Black Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership program, Shakenna Williams ’94 continues to increase access and opportunities for all women.

By Eric Beato

March 25, 2022

Tagged Women's Leadership, Women-Led Entrepreneurship, Inclusive Excellence, Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, Alumni

Posted in Community

2026-04-16 21:01:32

Mackenzie Silverio Henderson ’00 stands with her husband, Jermaine, and son, Tyler, on the basketball court at TD Garden

A Basketball Trailblazer and Champion for Women As the first woman vice president with the Boston Celtics, Mackenzie Silverio Henderson ’00 demonstrates the value of diversity in male-dominated fields.

By 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.

March 18, 2022

Tagged Women's Leadership, Alumni, Career, Inclusive Excellence, Mentoring & Networking, Leadership

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership