Ann McAdam Griffin
Director
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Ann provides leadership, strategic vision, and direction to ensure high-quality career education and advising and recruiting programs at Babson UG CCD. She joined Babson following 14 years at Rice University where she contributed in various areas across the institution. She brings a wealth of experience from her previous role as the Director of Employer Relations at the Center for Career Development, as well as her work in the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations and as a Residential Magister. She has been a Lecturer and Research Associate at UNH and held several consulting roles prior to working in higher education. Ann holds a B.A. in Economics and Psychology from Tufts University and an M.B.A with a concentration in Finance from Boston University.
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.
Specialties and Interests
Employer Relations and Career DevelopmentLarinda Cole
Senior Associate Director, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) Partnerships & Advising
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Larinda leverages her expertise and passion for retail, fashion and marketing alongside inclusion, diversity, equity, and access in career development programming by building partnerships with faculty, student organizations, alumni and employers and has been sharing with her students while living the motto: Love What You Do!
In addition to her role in the center for career development, Larinda also serves as adjunct faculty in the Marketing Division, teaching Retailing Management, an advanced experiential course designed for students to engage real life problem solving with retail professionals and businesses. Furthermore, she supports the undergraduate college as liaison to the National Retail Federation Foundation, encouraging Babson business students to leverage this national career development program to seek fulfilling careers within the retail industry.
Before her employment at Babson College Larinda advanced her career from corporate merchandise planning, and operational management roles to a full-time faculty teaching position at Virginia State University, a local HBCU near her hometown in Chesterfield, VA in 2008. Thereafter, she moved into a faculty role at Newbury College, a minority serving institution in Brookline, Massachusetts as Assistant Professor for Fashion Merchandising within the Roger A. Saunders School of Business.
Larinda Cole completed her Master of Science in Apparel and Business Analysis from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University, School of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences in Blacksburg, VA and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Fashion Merchandising from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.
Lee Goldstein
Senior Associate Director, Career Advising and Education
Lee is responsible for the advising and career education of undergraduate students. She works in collaboration with the entire Undergraduate Center for Career Development team to build strategies that support the office’s integrated and holistic approach, and takes a leadership role in supporting and assessing counseling and resource offerings. Prior to joining the team, Lee worked at Clark University as Associate Director of Career Services, supporting students and alumni in their career pursuits, and managing the academic internship program.Lee has experience in several areas of higher education including human resources, alumni relations and development, student research, and as an adjunct instructor. She holds a B.A. in Sociology from Brandeis University and an M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration from University of Massachusetts Amherst.