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Patricia Greene, PhD, MBA, an entrepreneurship professor who has a background in health care, received the John E. Hughes Award for Entrepreneurial Advocacy from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE).
Dr. Greene holds the Paul T. Babson Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies at Babson College in Babson Park, MA. Previous positions included provost and dean of the undergraduate school.
Her current assignment at Babson is National Academic Director for the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses initiative and advisor to the 10,000 Women program. Her research focuses on the identification, acquisition and combination of entrepreneurial resources, particularly by women and minority entrepreneurs.
The John E. Hughes Award is presented to an individual or organization that consistently has contributed encouragement, support, time, talent, skills, development, financial contribution, and physical, intellectual and/or spiritual resources to further the cause of entrepreneurship.
Dr. Greene is a founding member of the Diana Project, a research group focusing on women and the venture capital industry. She is a co-editor of the books Entrepreneurship Education and The Development of University-Based Entrepreneurship Ecosystems: Global Practices. Her work has been published in the Journal of Business Venturing, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Business Research, Small Business Economics, Academy of Management Executive, and Journal of Small Business Management.
Prior to joining Babson, she held the Ewing Marion Kauffman/Missouri Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the New Jersey Chair of Small Business and Entrepreneurship at Rutgers University.
Dr. Greene is board chair for the Center for Women's Business Research and serves on the advisory boards of Enterprising Women, the National Association of Women Business Owners, and Key Bank's Key4Women. She is a member of the national advisory board for the Small Business Development Center program of the Small Business Administration.
She is a frequent speaker at national and international events. Prior to becoming a professor, she worked primarily in the health care industry.
USASBE is the largest independent, professional, academic organization in the world dedicated to advancing the discipline of entrepreneurship. It represents a diverse mix of professionals who share a common commitment to fostering entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviors.
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