Caroline Hayes
Sr. Associate Director, Employer Relations & Strategic Operations
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Caroline is responsible for leading employer relations and operations for UG CCD. Caroline partners with the entire UG CCD team to provide strategic leadership and develop strong employer partnerships across industry to support and meet the talent needs of organizations and our undergraduate students. Caroline joined Babson’s career development team in 2010 and has years of experience in areas including employer relations, corporate development, career education and advising. Prior to joining Babson, Caroline gained corporate recruiting experience working on the campus recruiting team at Fidelity Investments. Caroline earned her B.A. from Loyola Marymount University.
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Employer Relations and Career DevelopmentShannon Larsen
Associate Director, Employer Relations
As part of the Employer Relations team, Shannon executes our strategy for employer engagement and development. She is responsible for creating and executing high quality programs which reflect the needs of our corporate partners and our undergraduate students. She communicates employer related opportunities to various cross campus departments within the Babson community. Before joining the Employer Relations team at the CCD, Shannon spent most of her career working in Talent Attraction for some of the world’s biggest brands. Her focus has been on early career recruiting and has helped to launch hundreds and hundreds of students into their careers in engineering, marketing, product design or finance and accounting. She has developed early career programs for multi billion-dollar consumer goods companies Hasbro and SharkNinja. She managed Leadership Development programs, internship/co-op programs and MBA Rotation programs for several companies like Grant Thornton, Vistaprint and Fidelity. On the employer side, she was a member of Babson’s Graduate CCD’s Employer Advisory Board. While at SharkNinja she received the Affinity Group award for her commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion by improving the candidate experience and offer process for early talent. Shannon holds a BS from George Mason University in Education.
Victoria Stefanelli
Assistant Director, Employer Relations
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Victoria is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with employer partners in efforts to support both their recruiting needs and the needs of our undergraduate students. As part of the Employer Relations team, she partners with employers and Career Advisers to coordinate recruiting events and career education programs. After graduating in 2020, Victoria began her career journey as a recruiter before moving on to work in marketing and operations for a small retail business. Victoria holds a B.S. in Business Management and Marketing from Endicott College, where she also worked in their School of Business and Internship & Career Center.
Kaitlyn Morris
Program Coordinator
Prior to joining Babson, Kaitlyn served as a Graduate Assistant in the Office of Institutional Advancement at American International College. Kaitlyn holds both a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance and a Master’s in Business Administration from American International College.