Candida G. Brush is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and holder of the Paul T. Babson Chair in Entrepreneurship at Babson College. She is also Chair of the Entrepreneurship Division and a visiting adjunct Professor to the Norwegian School of Engineering and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. Formerly, Dr. Brush was an Associate Professor of Strategy and Policy, founder and Director of the Council for Women’s Entrepreneurship and Leadership (CWEL), and Research Director for the Entrepreneurial Management Institute at Boston University. Dr. Brush teaches courses in Entrepreneurship in the undergraduate, MBA, doctoral, and Executive MBA programs. For two years, she was a Research Affiliate to Jonkoping International Business School, Jonkoping, Sweden. She received her DBA from Boston University, an MBA from Boston College and a BA from the University of Colorado.

She is a founding member of the Diana Project International, a research collaborative of scholars from 20 countries studying growth and financing strategies of women entrepreneurs world-wide. With her four co-researchers, she was named the 2007 recipient of the FSF- Swedish Research Foundation International Award for Outstanding Research Contributions in the Field of Entrepreneurship. Prentice Hall- Financial Times published their book, Clearing the Hurdles: Women Building High Growth Businesses (2004). Dr. Brush is the author of seven books, 20 book chapters and 90 articles published in scholarly journals including Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Academy of Management Executive, and Annals of Political and Social Science. She is an Editor for Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and serves on the editorial review boards for Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Business Horizons and the International Journal of Female Entrepreneurship. She has written book chapters for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the International Labor Organization (ILO) on women’s entrepreneurship and economic development.

Dr. Brush was on the founding team for the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED) a national study exploring start-up processes of nascent entrepreneurs, and was a co-recipient of the National Science Foundation Award as part of this research. She is the recipient of the Entrepreneurship Mentor Award, given by the National Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division in recognition for her support and mentorship of doctoral students and new faculty researchers in the Entrepreneurship field. In 2008, she was inducted as a 21st Century Scholar by the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers. She has served on more than 15 PhD dissertation committees and mentored more than 25 doctoral students. Dr. Brush was one of 18 researchers selected to participate in the 1995 White House Conference Research Project: The Future of Small Business and Entrepreneurship into the Year 2010, and was recognized by INC Magazine in 1995 as one of the top 16 researchers in Entrepreneurship in the US. In 1997 she was appointed by the Secretary of Defense to the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) and served for 3 years. She is on the Board of Directors of the Center for Women’s Business Research and Children Without Borders (Costa Rica), and serves on the Advisory Board for the Center for Women in Enterprise. She is a member of the Boston Harbor Angels and an active angel investor, serving on several boards of early stage private companies. She has advised hundreds of student businesses and new venture teams over the past 20 years.

Dr. Jon Carr is currently an Assistant Professor of Management at the Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University. In 2001, he was a NASA-ASEE Faculty Fellow, where he worked on projects related to technology transfer, remote sensing applications, and organizational development. Dr. Carr has published research on entrepreneurship and organizational behavior topics in numerous journals, to include the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Management, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, and the Journal of Business Research. Jon’s research interests include workplace attitudes and entrepreneurial cognition, and their impact on well-being and performance.