Susan G. Duffy Named Executive Director of Center for Women's Leadership at Babson College

WELLESLEY, Mass., Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Susan G. Duffy has been named Executive Director of the Center for Women's Leadership (CWL) at Babson College.

"Susan Duffy brings a level of energy and a vision, as well as deep academic experience, that will enable us to continue to build on CWL's work of the last decade and evolve it into a living and learning laboratory for entrepreneurial leadership," said President Len Schlesinger.

"The Center's accomplishments in undergraduate, MBA and executive education; gender research and thought leadership; and collaboration with mission-aligned stakeholders around the globe provide a powerful foundation from which to launch the CWL of the future," said Duffy. "As Babson fulfills its destiny to be THE educator for entrepreneurship of all kinds and extend its capabilities to the world, the CWL is positioned to become THE recognized source of expertise and authority in understanding, developing and celebrating women's entrepreneurial leadership."

Before joining Babson, Duffy launched the undergraduate program in entrepreneurship at Simmons College, where she was named the 2011 "Professor of the Year."

Duffy earned her Ph.D. from The George Washington University (GWU) in Management and Organization, a Master's Degree in Applied Behavioral Science from the Johns Hopkins University, and a Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition Science from the Pennsylvania State University.

Currently she serves on the board of directors of the International Council for Small Business, the Center for Women's Business Research, and Venturing Out, a Massachusetts non-profit that teaches entrepreneurship to incarcerated and court-involved adults and high-risk youth.

Before entering academia Duffy was the co-owner of a commercial construction company and owned and operated the Ho-Lee-Chow Chinese Food franchise restaurant.

She has held leadership positions in health care and worked as an organizational consultant and trainer in private and public work
systems.

For information, visit http://www.babson.edu/academics/centers/cwl/pages/duffy-susan.aspx

The Center for Women's Leadership (CWL) at Babson College is dedicated to advancing the entrepreneurial leadership of women across
organizations worldwide. Visit http://www.babson.edu/Academics/centers/cwl/Pages/home.aspx

Babson College is the educator, convener, and thought leader for Entrepreneurship of All Kinds(r). The College is a dynamic living and learning laboratory, where students, faculty, and staff work together to address the real-world problems of business and society -- while at the same time evolving our methods and advancing our programs. We shape the leaders our world needs most: those with strong functional knowledge and the skills and vision to navigate change, accommodate ambiguity, surmount complexity, and motivate teams in a common purpose to create economic and social value. As we have for nearly a half-century, Babson continues to advance Entrepreneurial Thought and Action(r) as the most positive force on the planet for generating sustainable economic and social value. For information, visit www.babson.edu.

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