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BABSON COLLEGE
F.W. OLIN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
COMMENCEMENT
MAY 14, 2016
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“… let us chart our lives
so that what we do will:
(1) perform a needed service
and make the world a better
place in which to live;
(2) make ourselves, and also
others, so far as we can, healthier
and stronger physically;
(3) free ourselves, and others,
as much as possible, from worry,
care, and mental stress.”
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—Roger Babson,
“What Is Success?” (1923)
welcome
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to the sixty-fourth graduate school Commencement exercises
at Babson College. The College community is pleased and
proud to share this memorable day with you.
Your enthusiastic support of each graduate is appreciated.
As a courtesy to the graduates, please reserve your applause until
all candidates have received their diplomas.
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ceremony. This will eliminate the need for guests to leave their seats
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Video will be available at www.babson.edu/commencement.
At the conclusion of the Commencement exercises, please join
us for a light reception in the Webster Center.
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Program
PROCESSIONAL
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
Beth Brooke-Marciniak
CHIEF MARSHAL
Gordon D. Prichett
Provost
INVOCATION
Rabbi Richard L. Backer
Jewish Chaplain to the
Babson Community
CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE
Master of Science in Accounting
Master of Science in Management with a
Concentration in Entrepreneurial Leadership
Master of Business Administration
William B. Lamb
Kerry Healey
WELCOME
Kerry Healey
President
WELCOME AND AWARD RECOGNITIONS
William B. Lamb
Murata Dean, Graduate School
GREETINGS AND PRESENTATION
OF PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR
Xin Guo
Ken Mattsson
Associate Director MS Programs,
Graduate Center for Career
Development
Cathy Merlo
Senior Associate Director for Working
Professionals, Graduate Center for
Career Development
Linda E. Kean MBA’00
College Registrar
Mark Potter
Steve Marchand MBA’01
Associate Registrar
SALUTATION
FACULTY GREETINGS
PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR ADDRESS
Joseph L. Winn MBA’74, P’15
Chair, Board of Trustees
CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREE
Kerry Healey
Carolyn Hotchkiss
Dean, Faculty
Professor of Law
BENEDICTION
Rabbi Richard L. Backer
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT
Beth Brooke-Marciniak
Doctor of Humane Letters
presented by Susan G. Duffy
Executive Director, Center for Women’s
Entrepreneurial Leadership
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Honorary Degree
THE BABSON COLLEGE HONORARY DEGREE
An honorary degree is the highest accolade a college or university can bestow and usually is
awarded during the Commencement ceremony. Babson College has given honorary degrees since
presenting a doctor of laws degree in 1959 to Ewan Clague, commissioner for the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics. While the award specifics are unique to each person, a common trait of all
recipients is their commitment to service in its broadest sense. Most honored by the College
have distinguished themselves as entrepreneurs and executives; however, Babson College also has
honored a variety of prominent individuals from various backgrounds, including Generals James
Gavin and George H. Akin; Senators Leverett Saltonstall, Edward M. Kennedy, and John F. Kerry;
Governor William F. Weld; journalists Natalie Jacobson and Robert L. Bartley; scholars Alfred D.
Chandler Jr. and Leonard Woodcock; music directors Sarah Caldwell and Arthur Fiedler; fashion
designer Tory Burch; basketball legend K. C. Jones; digital media pioneers Reid Hoffman and
Biz Stone; former faculty members Clint Peterson and Peter Black; former Babson presidents and
trustees; and, most notably, our own distinguished alumni.
Roger W. Babson, founder of Babson College, said, “I have always tried to visualize a world of
change rather than a world at rest.” Babson College celebrates these men and women for the
changes their service has brought.
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Honorary Degree Recipient
and
Commencement Speaker
BETH BROOKE-MARCINIAK
Beth Brooke-Marciniak is the global vice chair of public policy at
EY and is a member of the firm’s global executive board. As global
vice chair, Brooke-Marciniak focuses on shaping the firm’s strategic
direction and position on public policy in more than 150 countries.
Her work includes engaging with regulators, policymakers, business
leaders, investors, and other key stakeholders around the world to
address the critical issues facing the accounting profession and global
capital markets.
Through Brooke-Marciniak’s efforts, EY joins annually with Forbes
to celebrate and recognize the accomplishments of women at the World Economic Forum in
Davos. Within EY, her support of the firm’s inclusiveness, mentoring, and flexibility initiatives have
contributed to EY’s consistent recognition by Fortune as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work
For” and as one of DiversityInc’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity.” She also founded the Women
Athletes Business Network for EY, which works to create an environment that supports elite female
athletes who seek to deploy their leadership potential beyond their sporting careers.
Brooke-Marciniak’s policy expertise enabled her to make strong contributions to government as
well. During the Clinton administration, she worked in the U.S. Department of the Treasury,
where she was responsible for all tax policy matters related to insurance and managed care.
Brooke-Marciniak earned her undergraduate degree from Purdue University while playing
intercollegiate basketball, and was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015. She
has been named eight times to Forbes’ “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” list, served on
the U.S. delegation to the 53rd and 54th United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women,
and was in the inaugural class of the Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.
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Graduates
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTING
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT WITH
Zakhar Abugov
A CONCENTRATION IN ENTREPRENEURIAL
Geoffrey Gordon Bradley
LEADERSHIP
*** Timothy Walter Brennan Jr.
Rahul Agarwal
Peter Costello Castrichini
Surbhit Agrrawal
Thomas Benedict D’Alessandro
Alexandra Apostolicas
Khadija Egal
Federico Ascoli
Patrick James Ellis
* Akash Bajaj
Nickolai Gaivoronski
Shriyans Bhandari
Blair Allyson Ginden
Duhui Cai
Jonathan Ross Hoeg
Jiayu Cai
*** Ping Jia
Pei-Han Chao
* Jungeun Lee
** Yi Chen
** Janibell Monegro
Romélie Coriolan
Mallory Jacqueline Mulligan
** Mayura B. Davda
Soundarya Shanthappa
Hetansh Shaudhan Desai
Lana Sharuk
Joseph Goodpasture Duncan
Mengyang Emma Shen
Giuliana Stephanie Faraj Pumpo
* Alexander James Tighe
Cameron Jay Fischer
Tai Tran
Janis Fong
** Yiwen Wang
Michael Christian Freyer
Lena Wu ^
*** Carlos Granados Martínez
Xuhua Zhou
Anna Harper Montes
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Graduates
* G. James Hatfield
Jiamin Qi
Bohan Huang
Andrea Karen Reeves
Julian Richard Jirsak
Lunbo Ruan
Dorra Kammoun
Braeden Philip Ruud
Monica Giovanna Leal Crombe
* Alfred James Schofield
Kunanun Lertpisitkul
Rishita Sanjay Shah
Xiaofan Liu
Sumit Sharma
Richard Michael Macieko
Megan Shayna Sosnick
Inigo Martinez de Larramendi Herrero
Niklaus Aditya Putra Sugiri
Shirin Mehri
Emilia Tautiva
Aditya Mehta
Janet Alexandra Tenenboym
*** Laura Natalia Mesa Gutiérrez
** Elizabeth Lee Thomas
** Henry Milgram Cohen
* Chanika Tichachol
* Raquel Montes Vega
** Michelle Ming Shing Tong
Betty Nakato
Angela Wijono
Aditi Nemani
Weihong Wu
*** Hugo Oftedal
Yawen Xing
Tornbonkot Patcharaprakiti
* Molin Xu
Neal Dipakkumar Patel
Ruoqi Xu
Rutuza Arvind Patel
Yiwen Xu
** Stuti Pawha
Shuhao Zhao
Jennifer Pierre
Arabella Purwada
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Graduates
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
* Eric James Atherton
Alejandro A. Abdala
Allicyn Aubut ^
Mohammed Abdul-Karim ^
Brent Gary Auslander
Jose L. Acero
Thomas A. Austin
Adeel Ahmad
Zain Awan
Anjali A. Ajaikumar
Tamer Issa Azar
Aldo Yvo Alegria
Zach Bain
Harry Cicero Alford III ^
*** Srihari Balu Balasubramanian
Saja Alhussein
Luis Felipe Baldwin Correa
Kevin Alvezi ^
Patricia Natalia Barrios Verand
Haya Abdulmohsen Alzaid
Nikki Marie Bautista
* Murilo Amaral
Joshua David Beers ^
Thomas Boyd Ames
Timothy M. Berendt ^
Erick Anderson
Eric Berglind
*** Simone Alexandra Aptekman
Ryan T. Betts
Tararat Aramsri
Chirag Bhatt ^
Lejla Arapcic
Reshmi Bhattacharjee
Jose Rafael Arce ^
Peter Blatchley
Panitee Areethamsirikul
Alexander Edward Bleday ^
Puneet Arora
** Nicholas F. Bodine
Paul Oladele Asenuga
Bonniejean Boettcher ^
Soniya Ashar
Michele Rachel Bonds
* Siddharth Astir
Micheal Bonofiglio Jr.
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Graduates
** Peter Dominic Brandano III
William Herlihy Chapman ^
*** Eric Christopher Brooke
Jodi-Tatiana Charles
Matthew Broughton Brosnan
Minh H. Chau
Jamie A. Brouillard
Varun Mario Chaudhary
Samuel Huntington Brown
Xi Chen
** Crystal Bryant
** Sarabjeet Singh Chhatwal
Edward Joseph Brzychcy Jr.
Gerardo Chico
* Krista Buckland Reisner
James Ching
Daniella Caballero Char
Juan Pablo Chiriboga Gallegos
Maria Fernanda Cabezas
Giovannah Chiu
Mikaela Lynn Callahan
Jennifer R. Clifford
Valerie Canavaggio
Edward Close ^
*** Kenneth David Carey
Jonathan Ross Coffman
Caitlin Barber Carlucci ^
Leo J. Cook III ^
Nicholas Joseph Carlucci
Nancy Mellady Cosimi
Jason David Caro ^
Estefania Cotes
Alfonso Carrillo
Ruiban Coutinho
Andrew John Casey
John F Cowell IV
Francis Cash ^
Kathryn L. Cox
Krystal Castagna
* Julián A. Coymat
Dipak Kumar Chandan ^
Michael Donald Crane Jr.
Krishna Sekhar Chandras ^
*** Cheryl Martin Cronin
Diana Chaplin
Richard S. Crowley Jr.
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Graduates
* Diane Lynne Daly
Christine Driscoll Blier
Gregory John Daniell ^
Eva Du ^
** Gregory Gerard D’Arcy
Vanessa R. Dunaway
** Paul D’Arezzo
Fernando E. Duque
Phillip Ludlow Darrin ^
Sathish Duraiswamy
Tabitha Das
Meaghan Catherine Early
** Marielle Gabriela De Blois
Benarroch
* Clemente Eblen
** Allison Morrow DeBaere
** Christopher DeBaere
*** Federico Decia
Alex Webster Delpleche
Michael Andrew DeMaria
Bhupesh B. Deshmukh
Alexander Shaw Devnew ^
Naren Dhupati
Tiffany Edith Diarbakerly ^
Jonathan James Dickman
** Lindsey Donovan
Sean Patrick Donovan
*** Lawrence Francis Dooley Jr.
Christopher MJ Dowd
Jennifer E. Dowd ^
Daniel H. Eccles
Tomás Ignacio Echeverría García
** Samuel Zachary Edwards
Peter Eisenman
Deniz Erol Emre
Zeynep Ersin
Jose Ignacio Escalante Noriega
Fidel Escobedo
Maria Carolina Estes
Joaquim M. Farinhas
John P. Farley
Courtney Ella Farrell
Richard P. Faucher Jr.
* Daniel Ferros Favery
** Annie Feldman
Artem Filipenko
Peter Joseph Downing ^
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Graduates
Marcin M. Filocha ^
Fridah Gitahi
Shawn Patrick Flanagan
** Shikha Goel
Peter Charles Fleming
Frank Granara II
Bryan Charles Flynn
Leah Emily Granger ^
Erik R. Fordyce
Lucia F. Graziano ^
Victor Gomes Formiga
Ian Hayes Grimm
Alison Elizabeth Fournier ^
Emily Ann Groccia
** Michael Paul Fradette
Patrick Gross ^
Andres Jose Franco
Xin Guo
Courtney Jo Fraser ^
Karan Gupta
* Lidiana Fuente
Avinash Raju Gurijala
Kyle Fugere ^
Sakshi Gurnani
** Linda Fung
Meghna Gvalani
Victoria Fung
Evan Gyllenhaal ^
Samson Gadekar
Jason Ross Hallett
*** Nathan James Gagne
John Robert Hamer
Vineet Vinod Gajaria
Renay Candice Hamilton
Ramon Gamboa
Ross Alexander Hanson
Francine Veloni Gervazio
Oona Harrington ^
Naveed Ghalib
Jessie R. Harris
Sergio Giannotti Ramirez Gaston
James William Hartman
* Nicole Christine Gillett
Alexandra Haseotes
Michael Gilligan ^
Matthew Joseph Hassett
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Graduates
Alison Henry
** Michelle Lee Johnson
Dana Alyse Heritage
** Susan Marie Jones
* Adrian John Herr
Manuel Joseph
Dominique R. Herring
Pilin Junsangsri
Geoffrey H Hight
Lyana Kahn Silberstein
Ashley DiAnn Hines
Meghashree Kaishetty
Chandrashekar
Ryo Hirayama
Hiep Thi Lien Hoang
Karl Honerlaw
** Chad Elias Horn
Wan-Hsiu Hsieh
Daniel Johnston Huelsman ^
* Andrew Joseph Huson
Cory Richard Hussey
Jorge Mauricio Iturralde Carrión
Soumya S. Iyengar
Abhinav Jain
Ganeshwaran Jayachandran ^
Gregory Charles Jean-Simon ^
Chandan Kumar Jha
Francisco Jiménez Sánchez de Cima
Rebecca Rosa Joas ^
* Jessica Nichole Johnson
Danish Kakar
Hakmeng Kang
Selen Karaca-Griffin
Siddharth Karia
Ziv Katz ^
Kazunori Kawanobe
** Lindsay MacLeod Kaye
Steven John Keating
Christine Elizabeth Kelly ^
Alfredo Enrique Keri Zeppenfeldt
Rishiraj Kessar
Andrew Jackson Kidder III
Victoria Stone Kidder
* Charles Joseph Killelea
Christopher J. Kim ^
Jaewoo Kim
Andre Luiz Mikio Kita
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Graduates
Tan Kobayashi
** Jinji Liu
James Alexander Kotarski ^
Yue Liu
Hari Hara Krishnaan ^
Josmil Lopez Vasquez
Mark Krivopal ^
* Garrett Lyons
Kallaya Kulthanaphanich
Jennifer Ruppert MacIntosh
Sonia Kuo
Devin Mackie ^
Juan Ignacio Labarthe
Cady Zildjian MacPherson
Shane LaChappelle
Javier Madero
Laurence Julien Lafleur II ^
Gaurav Makkar
Emily Gall Lagasse
Parinay Malik ^
Justin Gregory Laquercia
Maria LaVerne Manning
Kathryn L. Leahy
** Jacqueline Deysher Marchand
Rodrigo Lecaros Monge
Katarina Deome Marcial ^
Jonathan Jay Lee
Michael Maurice Martinez
Bryanne Elizabeth Leeming
Randy Ramon Martinez
* Emily Dianne Legere
Rebecca L. Martins
Christian Andre Leibl-Cote
Frederick Sanjeeve Martyn
Jaclyn Nicole Leibl-Cote
Jonas Master ^
Daniel Seung-Soo Leigh
Kartik Sunil Mathur
Jacob Shannon Lemay ^
* Fernando de Barros Mattos
Bin Li
Takreem Mazhar
Ratana Limnararat
James T. McClure
Le Thuy Linh
Matthew Michael McDonald
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Graduates
Meghan Christine McDonald
Chad Albert Morin ^
Helen M. McGuire ^
Danilo Morinaga
** Matthew McGuire
Michala D. Mulhern
Gregory John McQuade
Patrick O’Keefe Mulready
Lauren Elizabeth McRae ^
Nael Maher Musleh
Ross Patrick McWilliams
* Daniel John Muxie
Alexander Mitchel Meek
Michael Christian Nagy-Jozsa
Jay Nainesh Mehta
Cristiane de Oliveira Namiuti
* Ronak Mehta
Khoa Nguyen
* Adell Mendes
* Jillian Niesley
Sarah Danielle Eisenberg Merion
Lorraine Mae Nik ^
Finley Oliver Merrill
Matthew Norton
*** Elizabeth Ashley Metzger
*** Chad Hawkins Novotny
Dhanaselvi Michael
Kara Marie O’Keefe
Stoyan Mihnev
Adriana María Olavarría
Christopher James Millerick
** Deniz Can Olcay
Maya Mirson-Tohme
Collin James O’Neill ^
* Katherine Ann Moan
* Álvaro Ortega Sebastián
Ashley Needham Molloy
Diego Pacheco Mora
Francklin Marie Vladimir Mondesir
*** Richard Martin Palmer II
Claudia Elizabeth Monroy-Wu ^
Chandrashekhar Pandey
* Jessa Marie Moon
Antonio Arma Panella ^
Kerry Lynne Moorer ^
Delia Papa ^
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Graduates
Gaetano Pardo Figueroa Frasson
Pooja Prasanna Kumar
Nidhi Ketan Parikh
Charles Price
Navaneeth Reddy Pasham
Erin Elyse Prifogle ^
* Suraj Utkarsh Patel
Sean Christopher Prior
Shishir Patil
* Krishna Pulakhandam
Vijay J Patil ^
Molly Bergman Quaid
* James Doddridge Patton V
Daniel Ryan Qualls
Kerin L. Perez ^
Nathan Andrew Qualls ^
* Christen Leona Perreault
William Quinn
Andrew Chase Petersen
Gabriel Quintana
Danielle Nicole Pfeiffer ^
Ashwin Raja
John Theodore Phillips
Varun Ramdevan
Jessica Marjorie Piemonte
David Noel Ramirez
** Nathan G. Piland
Samir Lucas Randolph
*** Nicole Marie Pinckney
** Christopher R. Ranjitkar
Alexander Piontkovski
** Jason T. Ray
Charles Reginald Plaisimond
Kevin Reidy
Catherine A. Pomiecko
Tommy Ripke
Sebastián Ponce de León Jaramillo
David Wintner Roberson ^
Nalin Pongmanavuth
*** Daniel James Robinson
Dawn Marie Porthouse ^
Jeffrey Rodgers ^
Trevor Oliver Powers
** Juan Esteban Rodríguez Roa
Renuka Prasad
Rolf Romer
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Graduates
Joshua Mark Rosenfield
** Ryan Michael Schroeder
Kaitlyn Ann Ross
** Arthur Chase Marten Schweitzer
Iye Rotimi
James T. Scott ^
Atanu Roy
Thomas H. Scott Jr.
*** Soumya Roy
Roberto Segovia Siller
Jon Colin Royster
Alexandre Gaetan Sene
William Ruiz II
* Margo Servison
Robert Leonard Russini
Deepika Seth
Kinnon Ryan
* Chirag Ashok Shah
Johann Sabbath
** Darpan Rajen Shah
Pravin A. Sable
Palak Shah
** Reza Saeidpourazar
Stavan Nalin Shah
** Mauricio Saias
Omar Shareeff ^
Carlos Sainz
Ajay Sharma
Ian Clarke Salter
Mugdha Sharma
** Pablo Sanchez Serrano
Shubham Sharma
Hector M. Sanchez-Cano
Sarah Nichole Shaulis
*** Svenja Sanders
*** Aagam Anujkumar Sheth
** Daniel Joseph Sarao
Yatin Shriwardhankar
* Mayuresh Saravanakumar
* Wilbur Conklin Shugg III
Anil Sarode
Jacek Siarnacki
Brian J.A. Schneider
Eduardo Antonio Siblesz
Alejandro E. Scholtz
Sean David Siff
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Graduates
Armando Simon Mugica
Joseph Anthony Tammaro
Satveer Singh Shekhawat
** Panisa Tantikornphan
Sirapat Siriviriyakul
AlMuthana Tawfiq
Alexander Emerson Smith
Ashley Marie Taylor
Rebecca Bartlett Smith ^
Bryce Robert Taylor
Rupert Austin Smith Sierra ^
Stephanie Lynn Taylor
Gunny Sodhi
Elizabeth Terziyski
Vishnu Vandana Somisetty
Garima Udayan Thakker
** Mayuresh Shreeram Soni
* Yang-Sheng Tham
** Qendrim Sopjani
* Dheepan Thangavelu
Jennifer Marie Sorenson
** Anya Elizabeth Thomas
Isabella Soto-Rivera M.
Elizabeth Marie Thompson
* Michael Springer
* Patrick Toner
Nitin Srivastava
*** Savo Topic
** Sarah M. Steinberg
* Patricio Toussaint
Peter William Stewart
* Pheeyavantha Treeanekvaanich
Andrew M. Stone
Jorge Triana Wannoni
*** Jessica Renee Stoneham
Luis Alberto Trillo Durán
*** Waritta Suebphanwong
Jessica Trombly
Jonathan P. Sullivan
Frederick Horlali Tsa
** Abhinav Sureka
** Jordan Tuch
Kevin Kristorio Suryadharma
Nitchamon Tungchariya
* Stephen Tamburelli
Mollie Ho’okele Ullman-Culleré
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Graduates
Gerardo Urruela
*** Dennis John Wajda
Angeline Anne UyHam ^
*** Christoph Wald
Ashok Vairavan
Jessica Marie Walker
Anthony Salvatore Valentino ^
Cassandra Lynn Walsh
Zareer Vandrevala
Fan Sally Wang
Sujata Varadharajan ^
William Joseph Ward ^
Pretty Varghese
Christian Francis Washington
* Kevin Michael Vass
*** Sergio Waxman
Sanmay Ashwin Ved
Jessica Paladino Weinreich
Shruti Vedant ^
Edward Wendell
Valery Veglia ^
Daniel Stephen Wheelock
Alvaro Jose Velez
* Adam Whittemore
** David Velosa Orduz
** Thomas James Williams
Peter Venti
Steven Williamson
Gabriela Vera
Walter Saraiva Wilms
Rayna Elizabeth Verbeck
* Graham Murrey Wilson
Jennifer Vernazza ^
* Alex David Wolf
Kristaq Vezuli
Samantha Rose Wolfson Hoff ^
Divya Vijaya Raghavan
Philip Arthur Woodburn
Michael C. Volpe ^
Scott Woodruff
Paul vom Eigen
Haotian Wu
Dviti Chovatia Vora ^
William Wu
Hai Ngoc Vu
John Ryan Wynne
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Graduates
Zichen Xu
*** Summa Cum Laude
* Yuanyuan Yin
** Magna Cum Laude
Takashi Yokoyama
* Cum Laude
Alexandria Martha Young
Wendy Yu
Giovanna Zaffina ^
* Erica Zahka
** Meirav Zaks-Zilberman
Anthony Zancanaro ^
Haobo Richard Zhang
* Juan Pablo Zuluaga
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^August 2016 Master of Science in
Accounting or Master of Business
Administration Degree Candidate
A w a r ds
ROGER W. BABSON AWARD
Ronak Mehta
CHARLEY OSBORN MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AWARD
AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE –
ONE-YEAR MBA PROGRAM
DEAN’S LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Waritta Suebphanwong
Siddharth Astir
Diane Lynne Daly
Alfonso Carrillo
AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE –
BLENDED LEARNING MBA PROGRAM
Shikha Goel
Nathan James Gagne
Sarah Danielle Eisenberg Merion
Laurence Julien Lafleur II
Jessa Marie Moon
AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE –
MSA PROGRAM
Ping Jia
AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE –
MSEL PROGRAM
Laura Natalia Mesa Gutiérrez
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOR EVENING MBA
PROGRAM – HELEN O’BRIEN AWARD
Cheryl Martin Cronin
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOR TWO-YEAR MBA
PROGRAM – LEWIS W. MUSTARD AWARD
Chad Hawkins Novotny
Richard Martin Palmer II
Andrea Karen Reeves
Tommy Ripke
David Velosa Orduz
Giovanna Zaffina
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD
Richard Martin Palmer II
FAIRLEIGH S. DICKINSON JR. FOUNDATION INC.
GLOBAL MANAGER AWARD
Sanmay Ashwin Ved
FINANCE AWARD
Christopher DeBaere
ACCOUNTING AWARD
Srihari Balu Balasubramanian
GLOBAL STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD
David Velosa Orduz
Shishir Patil
BABSON-UNITED INC. MCFE AWARD
GRADUATE STUDENT ALUMNI AND
FRIENDS NETWORK AWARD
Chirag Bhatt
Phillip Ludlow Darrin
Peter Joseph Downing
Patrick Gross
Omar Shareeff
Shishir Patil
MANAGEMENT AWARD
Luis Alberto Trillo Durán
Christopher Gregory Whidden
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A w a r ds
and
Graduate Student Council
MARKETING AWARD
Nicole Marie Pinckney
RALPH Z. AND CHARLOTTE R. SORENSON
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Bryanne Elizabeth Leeming
Finley Oliver Merrill
GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL
Zareer Vandrevala
President
Siddharth Astir
Executive Vice President
Finley Oliver Merrill
Vice President, Academic Affairs
Annie Feldman
Vice President, Club Management
Alfonso Carrillo
Kara Marie O’Keefe
Vice Presidents, Events
David Noel Ramirez
Vice President, Finance
Diego Pacheco Mora
Vice President, Technology
Victor Gomes Formiga
Vice President, One-Year Program
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Emilia Tautiva
Vice President, MSEL and MSA Programs
Mugdha Sharma
Director, Admissions
Shishir Patil
Director, Alumni Relations
Graham Murrey Wilson
Director, CCD Relations
Dheepan Thangavelu
Director, Partners Program
Retiring Faculty
and
RETIRING FACULTY
PLATFORM PARTY MARSHALS
Eli Bortman*
Lecturer in Accounting & Law
Carolyn Hotchkiss
Steven Eriksen
Professor of Management Science
GOVERNANCE MARSHALS
Elaine Landry
Associate Professor of Management
Michael May
Senior Lecturer in Management
James Philips
Associate Professor of Science
Joanne Williams
Associate Professor of Accounting
*Retired in February 2016
M a r sh a l s
Marla M. Capozzi MBA’96
Richard J. Snyder Esq. ’60, H’94, P’93 ’01
COORDINATOR OF STAGE LINES
Beth Bristol MBA’06
Alison Silver
STAGE MARSHALS
Ian Lapp
Heidi Neck
STUDENT MARSHALS
Danielle Beasley
Kate Buckman
Allan Cohen
Sebastian Fixson
Beth Goldstein
Clare Huang
Margaret Jones
J.B.M. Kassarjian
Dominika Legatova
Susan Lemke
Arline MacCormack P’16
Terry Marroquin
Keith Rollag
Sabrina Stehly
Jennifer Tosti-Kharas
Emily Weiner
Petia Whitmore MBA’09
Peter Wilson
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Committees
and
Board
of
Trustees
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMMING
COMMITTEE
Kaitlyn Smith
Lola Norman-Salako ’99
Vanessa Theoharis ’10
Linda E. Kean MBA’00
Karene Alexander Thorne
Melissa Beecher
Terry Sullivan
Steve Tolley
Josh Yemma
Beth Bristol MBA’06
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Kate Buckman
Joseph L. Winn MBA’74, P’15
Alex Cabal
Chuck Collins
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Carolyn Hotchkiss
Michael J. Angelakis ’86
Jenny Rankin
Craig R. Benson ’77, H’03
Samantha Stanley
Ettore V. Biagioni ’80
Howard S. Brown ’88
COMMENCEMENT LOGISTICS COMMITTEE
Marla M. Capozzi MBA’96
Lola Norman-Salako ’99
Paul W. Chisholm MBA’82
Erin Carcia
Theodore A. Clark MBA’94
Luis Carrion
Deborah L. DeSantis ’85
Judy Curley
Gary T. DiCamillo
Andy Dutton
Craig M. Donaldson ’88
John Florendo
Harish M. Fabiani P’17
Bruno Fraga
Frank M. Fischer P’06
Daniel Garden
Thomas F. Gilbane Jr. ’70
Emily Groccia
Brett A. Gordon MBA’98
Lindsay Harris
Leonard C. Green
Amanda Hellen ’05
Kerry Healey
Gregory Kelley P’19
James Herbert II ’66
Travis Killeen
Bruce T. Herring ’87
Peter Latvis
Eric G. Johnson ’72, P’08
Ian MacLeod
John E. Johnson ’08
Jim McLaughlin
Fred S.C. Kiang ’70, MBA’75
Bill O’Donnell
Carmella R. Kletjian
Joe O’Leary
David F. Lamere ’82
Stephen Persico
Suchitra Lohia P’06 ’15
James Pollard
Michael S. Lorber ’01
Erik Shaw
David L. Lucchino
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B o a r ds
of
Trustees
and
Overseers
Narender Manoj Madnani ’91
BOARD OF OVERSEERS
Carlos J. Mattos MBA’76, P’17 ’20
Femina Ali P’12
Jeffrey J. McLane ’96
Peter A. Bailey MBA’83
Richard K. Miller P’02
Linda L. Bourn MBA’11
Richard A. Renwick ’79
Daniel J. Brennan ’87, M’89 ’09
Kenneth G. Romanzi ’82
John J. Burns P’10 ’12
James A. Rullo MBA’85
Daniel S. Calista ’96
Carolina Samsing MBA’15
Gillian Newton Callaghan ’85
Amanda G. Strong ’87
Vicente Carvajal ’91
Meaghan Toothaker ’15
Myron Cohn ’60
Martha D. Vorlicek ’81
Adam J. Collins ’94
Robert E. Weissman ’64, H’94, P’87 ’90
Stephen P. Connelly ’82
Gary L. Zwerling P’06
Matthew D. Consigli MBA’08
Paul J. Cunningham Jr. ’84
PRESIDENTS EMERITI
Stephen D. Cutler MBA’61
Brian M. Barefoot ’66, H’09, P’01
Lupo M. del Bono ’79, P’09
William R. Dill H’91
Richard R. Dubois ’82
William F. Glavin H’99
Arthur X. Duffy ’90
Leo I. Higdon Jr. H’07
Carolina B. Fernandez P’14
Leonard A. Schlesinger H’14
Bruce H. Freedman ’70, P’14
Ralph Z. Sorenson H’85
Steven A. Gaklis MBA’97
Daniel L. Gay MBA’09
TRUSTEES EMERITI
Gautam Gupta ’07
Brian M. Barefoot ’66, H’09, P’01
Aram H. Hintlian Jr. ’74, MBA’75
John M. Daigle ’54, H’84, P’82
I. Bradley Hoffman ’82
Andronico Luksic ’76, H’04, P’04 ’06 ’11
’14
Kristen J. Holihan ’12
William F. Markey Jr. MBA’64, H’09
Willy S.M. Lin ’81, P’10 ’13
Richard J. Snyder Esq. ’60, H’94, P’93 ’01
Michael London ’92
Thomas T. Stallkamp
Timothy G. Marken ’81
Ronald Weiner ’66
Stephen Martiros ’83, MBA’85
Robert E. Kelly Jr. ’81
Jeffrey J. McLane ’96
CHAIR OF OVERSEERS
Christopher C. McMahon ’83
Jeffrey J. McLane ’96
Christopher A. Menard ’96
Rena P. Mirkin
Kevin F. Moran M’85
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Board
of
Overseers
and
Global Advisory Board
Gregory G. O’Brien M’83, P’07 ’11
Moullay Hafid Elalamy P’15
Ted E. Orenstein ’94
Carlos Fernandez Gallardo P’15
Joseph G. Parham Jr. ’72, MBA’75
Mariana Salazar Fernandez ’83
Kevin C. Phelan
Susana Gallardo P’13
Jason A. Reuben ’07
Paul S. Gass ’59
John D. Rogol ’77
Sunil Goyal P’13 ’16
David W. Sargent ’82, P’12
Muhammad H. Habib ’81, P’09
Leonard L. Sheer ’96
Alvaro J. Heilbron P’17
Sylvia Shepard MBA’09
James J. K. Hung MBA’71, P’99 ’01
James W. Taylor ’86
Vivek Jain MBA’83, P’07
Lisa Spadafora Thompson MBA’96
Prashant Jhawar P’14
Davide D. Visco ’95
Surya K. Jhunjhnuwala P’09 ’11 ’14
Jack F. Waterstreet ’04
Karlheinz M. Kaiser ’82, MBA’84
Amy Reich Weil ’87
Raymond Kassin ’84
John D. White Jr. ’81
Fred S. C. Kiang ’70, MBA’75
Mikki E. Wosencoft ’99
Gudmundur Kjaernested ’91
Markus T. Krautli ’81, P’12
OVERSEERS EMERITI
Manish Kumar P’18
Bernard G. Berkman ’52, P’79
Pimjai Laochinda P’13
Adelaide Van Winkle
Willy S. M. Lin ’81, P’10 ’13
Narender Manoj Madnani ’91
GLOBAL ADVISORY BOARD
Umer Mansha ’95
Rashad Al Shawa P’18
Pedro Martin P’17
Stephen I. Bandel P’16
Richard A. Maser Jr. ’89
David Barber ’81, P’16, ’17
Elizabeth P. Powell MBA’76, P’01
Eduardo Barco ’82, P’18
Gabriel R. Safdie MBA’86, P’09 ’15
Brian M. Barefoot ’66, H’09, P’01
Juan Carlos Serrano P’18 ’18
Bettina Beckhoff-Longinotti P’11 ’14
Chockchai Sethiwan P’18
Ettore V. Biagioni ’80
Richard J. Snyder Esq. ’60, H’94, P’93 ’01
David D. Brillembourg ’93
Xing-Yan Sun
William G. Burrill P’04, ’04, ’06, P’11 ’11
Christian Tabet P’18 ’19
Cyril C. Camus ’91
Giuseppina Vinaccia ’74, P’15
Vicente Carvajal ’91
Said S. Darawazah P’15
Lupo M. del Bono ’79, P’09
Heidi Duarte P’18
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The History
of
B a bs o n C o l l e g e
ROGER WARD BABSON (1919–1921) was a highly successful pioneer in the financial investment
business. On September 3, 1919, he opened the Babson Institute with an enrollment of 27 students.
In 1921, Babson named George Coleman (1921–1935) as the second president. That same year,
Babson was incorporated under the educational laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a
not-for-profit institution.
In 1923, Babson acquired farmland in Wellesley Hills, established an endowment fund, and began
to build a campus. By the end of that year, Mustard, Bryant, and Lyon (now Lukŝić ) halls, and
Knight Auditorium were completed. Two years later, the Babson Park Clubhouse and Coleman
Hall were finished. To accommodate the rise in student enrollment, the Clubhouse was renamed
Park Manor South, and the hotel rooms, originally designed for visiting businessmen, became
residence rooms for Babson students.
With the appointment of Carl Smith (1935–1944), Babson was now led by its first professional
educator. He reorganized the curriculum, adding liberal arts courses, and in 1943, Babson
Institute received permission to confer both the Bachelor of Science and Master of Business
Administration degrees.
Following World War II, Babson, which had been used by the U.S. Navy for three years, reopened
to record enrollments. New President Edward B. Hinckley (1946–1956) tightened admission
standards and strengthened the academic content. By 1950, the Institute had received accreditation
from the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
Under Gordon Trim (1957–1961), an evening MBA program was developed and the first alumni
fundraising effort was held to fund the construction of the dining hall that bears his name.
Henry Kriebel (1961–1974), the school’s sixth president, expanded the curriculum to four years,
redefined its mission as a school of management, opened the doors to women, began a massive
building program, created the School of Continuing Education, and changed the name from
Babson Institute to Babson College. Kriebel’s administration laid the foundation for the next 20
years of development.
Babson’s seventh president, Ralph Z. Sorenson H’85 (1974–1981), also strengthened the curriculum.
He created the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies in 1978, and Babson became the first college in
the United States to offer entrepreneurship as a major. Horn Library was built, the Babson Recreation
Center (now the Boston Sports Club) was completed, and more student housing was added.
In 1981, William R. Dill H’91 (1981–1989) became the College’s eighth president. He placed a
greater emphasis on a curriculum, faculty, and student body that focused on globalization. Many
campus buildings were renovated and others added, including the Webster Center for physical education
and recreation, to provide students with state-of-the-art facilities and services, thus enabling Babson
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The History
of
B a bs o n C o l l e g e
to compete with the nation’s top business programs. It was during the Dill era that the Center for
Executive Education (now the Babson Executive Conference Center) was added.
During the presidency of William F. Glavin H’99 (1989–1997), Babson moved from being a strong
regional presence to an internationally respected school of business. Building on the College’s legacy
of entrepreneurship, the idea of entrepreneurial leadership was woven into every aspect of the institution.
Glavin believed that people at all stages of their careers could demonstrate entrepreneurial leadership
and become well-rounded, analytical problem-solvers who seize opportunities and move boldly and
creatively to take advantage of them.
In 1997, Leo I. Higdon Jr. H’07 (1997–2001) became the 10th president to lead Babson College.
He strengthened Babson’s curriculum with a renewed emphasis on technology, practice-based
learning, and entrepreneurship in a global context. A commitment to diversity and the arts brought about
the opening of the Reynolds Campus Center, Richard W. Sorenson Center for the Arts, and the Glavin
Family Chapel. Higdon also was instrumental in establishing the Center for Women’s
Entrepreneurial Leadership at Babson College.
Brian M. Barefoot ’66, H’09, P’01 (2001–2008), Babson’s 11th president, is the first Babson
alumnus to hold this position. During his presidency, Babson developed a long-term strategic
and financial plan, expanded the College’s leadership in entrepreneurship, improved the quality of
campus life, committed to new efforts in diversity, strengthened the alumni network, and partnered
with leading global educational institutions.
Leonard A. Schlesinger H’14 (2008–2013), Babson’s 12th president, brought to the College
extraordinary leadership experience in academia and industry. He formulated the conversations that
led to the development of today’s strategy, starting with a community-wide discussion and decisions
around Babson’s strategic direction. That work resulted in a strategy focused on Entrepreneurial
Thought & Action® as the core of Babson’s distinctive expertise and culture; integrating social,
environmental, economic responsibility, and sustainability into the core of the curriculum and
educational experience; building a generation of leaders representing Entrepreneurship of All Kinds®;
and creating a Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Education to disseminate Entrepreneurial
Thought and Action to the world through a global network of educators and institutions.
In 2013, Kerry Healey was named Babson’s 13th president and is the first woman to hold the
position. Internationally recognized for her more than three decades of service in academia,
government, and humanitarian work, she believes deeply in the transformational power of
entrepreneurship to create opportunities for positive economic and social development everywhere.
President Healey is expanding and enhancing Babson’s institutional profile as the recognized global
leader in entrepreneurship education and is preparing to lead the College’s Centennial Campaign
to accelerate Babson’s success into its second century of academic leadership, innovation,
and excellence.
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The History
of
Commencement Exercises
and
Academic Regalia
Babson is consistently ranked among the nation’s top management schools. The College has
received international recognition for its innovative educational programs for undergraduate and
graduate students and business professionals. With a distinguished reputation for entrepreneurial
excellence, Babson teaches students to make and find opportunities, to innovate, and to develop
creative problem-solving ability.
The key to Babson’s success is its people—students, faculty, administrators, alumni, governance
members, and parents who share a passion for excellence and have helped the College grow.
THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY dates to medieval times. Through the centuries, the
ceremony has been altered, but its purpose remains the same: to recognize those persons who
have earned academic degrees and to honor the traditions and institutions of scholarship.
The term commencement is a translation of the Latin inceptio, the name given in the Middle Ages
to the ceremony at which candidates were granted the Master of Arts degree and thereby licensed to
begin teaching. Today, the original concept has been broadened to suggest that, at commencement,
degree recipients are graduating from academic life and commencing their professional life.
The history of academic regalia stretches to the early days of the world’s oldest universities.
A statute in 1321 required that all doctors, licentiates, and bachelors of the University of Coimbra
(Portugal) wear gowns. In England, in the second half of the 14th century, the statutes of certain
colleges forbade “excess in apparel” and prescribed wearing the long gown.
In 1895, American colleges and universities adopted a uniform system for academic regalia. Today,
while the academic dress code, like the ceremony itself, has undergone several revisions, it remains
essentially the same as when it was first adopted.
The gowns recommended for use by American colleges and universities have the following
characteristics. The gown for the bachelor’s degree has pointed sleeves and is worn closed. The
gown for the master’s degree has oblong sleeves open at the wrist like the bachelor’s and may
be worn open or closed. Both bachelor’s and master’s robes are traditionally black. The doctoral
gown, which also may be worn open or closed, has velvet panels draped around the neck and
stitched down the front edges. Three horizontal velvet bars are sewn on the upper arm of the bellshaped sleeves. This trim may be either black or the color distinctive of the faculty to which the
degree refers. Many institutions have adopted distinctively colored doctoral robes using the official
institutional colors.
Members of the governing body of a college or university, whatever their degrees, are entitled to
wear doctoral gowns (with black velvet), but their hoods may be only those of degrees actually held
by the wearers or those especially prescribed for them by the institution.
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The History
of
Commencement Exercises
and
Academic Regalia
The hood is the most distinctive feature of the academic costume. The shape of the bachelor’s and
master’s hoods is similar, but the length varies. The hood lining is the official color or colors of the
institution. The Babson hood, for example, is forest green with a single white chevron. The hood
is edged in velvet of two, three, or five inches in width for the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral
degrees, respectively. The edging should be in a color distinctive of the subject to which the degree
pertains. Among the most common trims are tan for business administration; white for arts, letters,
and humanities; golden yellow for science; and light blue for education.
The traditional academic cap for all degrees is the mortarboard of black cloth with a flat, stiffened
square top. Today, there is an option, particularly for those holding doctoral or terminal degrees, to
wear a soft cap. These are of several designs and in many cases represent a particular college or university.
The tassel, fastened to the middle point of the top of the cap, may be black or the color appropriate
to the subject. Those holding doctorates may wear a tassel of gold thread. There is no general
rule for the position of the tassel on a mortarboard. However, Babson and a number of colleges and
universities have adopted the practice of requiring candidates for the bachelor’s degree to wear the
tassel on the right front side before degrees are conferred and to shift it to the left after the degrees
are awarded.
In today’s ceremony, some graduates are wearing cords, tassels, and stoles that represent specific
designations. Below are those related to academic honors:
Gold Cord
Gold Tassel
White Tassel
Red Tassel
Valedictorian
Summa Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Cum Laude
The origin of the mace also dates to medieval times when it was first used as a weapon. Medieval
European bishops, forbidden the use of the sword, were allowed to enter battle with a mace, often
an iron or steel club designed to split armor. By the 16th century, the mace, a symbol of authority,
was embraced as a ceremonial object by colleges and universities. Traditionally, the mace is carried
on formal academic occasions by the most senior faculty member, often referred to as the “chief” or
“grand” marshal of the institution.
The mace of Babson College was designed and crafted by Chas. Thomae & Son, silversmiths, and
has been one of the symbols of the authority of the College for many years. Today, it is carried by
the chief marshal of Babson College.
Today’s Commencement also features flags of the world. These flags represent the homelands of
the Babson undergraduate and graduate students. With students from more than 85 countries,
and faculty members involved in research, training, and development around the world, Babson’s
international presence is evident and we are proud to honor it with this display.
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www.babson.edu/commencement
Babson is committed to sustainable practices. For this
Commencement program, the College has selected
acid-free and elemental chlorine-free recycled paper
that is produced with biogas energy with a minimum
of 50 percent post-consumer waste. This recycled
paper also has achieved certification from the Forest
Stewardship Council and the EcoLogo Program.
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