Diane Hessan
Diane Hessan is an American author and Vice Chair of the Trustee Advisory Board of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.[1][2][3][4][5]
Career[edit]
Hessan began her career at General Foods, in product management, and then worked in consulting at Resource Planning Associates. In 1980, she joined The Forum Corporation, where she become Executive Vice.[6]
In 2000, she joined Communispace. Hessan has received awards and accolades including Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year, The Northstar Award from Springboard, the Most Admired CEO Award from the Boston Business Journal, the Pinnacle Award for Achievement in Entrepreneurship from the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, and the Believe in Girls Award from Big Sister of Massachusetts.[7]
In 2014, she was inducted into the Babson College Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs and received Brandeis University’s Asper Award for Global Entrepreneurship.[8] Hessan has honorary degrees from Bentley University and the New England College of Business.[6][9][10][11]
Publications[edit]
- Our Common Ground: Insights from Four Years of Listening to American Voters.
- Customer-Centered Growth: 5 Strategies for Building Competitive Advantage (1995), with Richard Whiteley.
References[edit]
- ^ Winerip, Michael (2010-03-05). "Experienced Hands, Still Valued". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ "How a CEO found her second act". Fortune. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ^ "Diane Hessan joins board of Boston video tech company". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ "Diane Hessan talks the American electorate, political polarization". The Tufts Daily. 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ Bradbury, Danny (2013-09-17). "Should you mix business and personal on social media?". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ a b "Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Entrepreneur Diane Hessan to Deliver Bentley University's Commencement Addresses". www.bentley.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ Kantor |, Ira (2012-12-06). "Chamber announces Pinnacle Award winners". Boston Herald. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
- ^ "Hessan encourages global perspective, collaboration". BrandeisNOW. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ "The Big Sister Association of Greater Boston had a big gala to celebrate women and girls – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ Cowley, Stacy (2019-09-06). "Patty Abramson, 74, Supporter of Businesses Owned by Women, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ Johnson, Whitney. "How A World Class CEO Has Become A Political Healer". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-05-05.