40yearsSIMMONS SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013

1973 1975 1976

Dr. Margaret Hennig and Dr. Anne Jardim partner with Simmons to establish the Graduate Programs in Management for Women. The first class graduates

The buildings and other assets of Garland Junior College are transferred to Simmons College

Anne Jardim (left) and Margaret Hennig ‘62 (right) give a lecture to School of Management students.

Dear Alumnae and Friends,Thank you for joining us to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Simmons School of Management, and to honor one of our visionary founding deans, Dr. Anne Jardim. Your presence and support for the School mean a great deal to us, to our students, and to the entire Simmons community.

Forty years ago, two pioneering women teaching at the Harvard Business School recognized a need for a graduate management program designed specifically for women. Dr. Jardim and co-founding dean, the late Dr. Margaret Hennig, discovered an ideal partner in Simmons College, which since 1899 had been offering women a distinctive education combining the liberal arts and sciences with professional preparation.

From humble beginnings in makeshift classrooms, the Simmons School of Management has grown into a highly respected authority on women, leadership, and management. Over the last four decades, thousands of women have completed our undergraduate, graduate, and executive education programs. They have gone on to build distinguished careers as entrepreneurs, executives, and principled leaders in business and the nonprofit sector.

Every School of Management graduate, in her own way, helps expand opportunities not only for herself, but for future generations of women. You, too, are helping to extend the rich legacy of the Simmons School of Management, and we thank you. We indeed have much to celebrate this evening!

With gratitude,

CATHY E. MINEHAN ’99HD JACQUELINE C. MORBY ’78SMDean Trustee, Simmons College Simmons School of Management Chair, 40th Anniversary Celebration

1977

Network alumnae magazine is published for the first time

■ Simmons College Graduate Management Alumnae Association holds its first annual meeting

■ The first reunion celebration is held■ Middle Management Program (MMP) begins

Anne Jardim (left) and Margaret Hennig ‘62 (right) give a lecture to School of Management students.

Agend

a1979 19831980

■ Executive Education begins■ A small group of SOM alumnae organizes

the school’s first professional development conference for women business leaders in Boston

The Graduate Programs in Management become the Graduate School of Management

Managing with Influence (MWI) Program begins

Students attend a lecture in the Jardim-Hennig Case Room in the new School of Management and Academic Building.

Agend

aOPENING REMARKS

Dean Cathy E. Minehan ’99HD

RECOGNITION OF GUEST OF HONOR

Dr. Anne Jardim, Founding Dean

REFLECTIONS ON THE

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT’S

FIRST 40 YEARS

Alumnae and Friends

2013 PHYLLIS RAPPAPORT

ALUMNAE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Presented to Jennifer Pinck ’86SM

CLOSING REMARKS

Dean Cathy E. Minehan ’99HD

Agenda SIMMONS SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT 40TH ANNIVERSARY

1984 1986

Phyllis Rappaport ’75 Alumnae Achievement Award established

■ The Master’s Degree in Management becomes a Master’s of Business Administration degree; MBA’s granted retroactively

■ Developing Managers Program begins. (Renamed Program for Developing Managers in 1988)

Students attend a lecture in the Jardim-Hennig Case Room in the new School of Management and Academic Building.

THE SIMMONS SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

In 1973, two Harvard management professors saw the need for a new kind of business degree: one that delivered business fundamentals, included Harvard’s case-study method, and also taught the role of gender in organizational effectiveness and leadership. Drs. Margaret Hennig and Anne Jardim presented their plan to Simmons and founded the first MBA program in the world designed to help women succeed as leaders and managers.

For four decades now, the School of Management has remained committed to providing premier business education to women MBA and undergraduate students; being a recognized authority on women, leadership and management; and serving as a leading-edge provider of consulting advice, executive education, and applied research to organizations committed to the advancement and

success of women professionals, managers, and leaders.

Leadership

1991 1993 19971996

Electives added to the curriculum

Alumnae raise the profile of the popular annual conference to attract national interest and speakers

Patricia O’Brien ’77 appointed dean

Colman Mockler Chair in Principled Leadership established

Anne Jardim (left) and Margaret Hennig ‘62 (right) founded the Simmons MBA program, the first in the world designed to help women succeed as leaders and managers. This photo was taken in the early 1980s.

DR. ANNE JARDIM, FOUNDING DEANActivist, politician, author, educator, and consultant, Dr. Anne Jardim is a pivotal figure in the history of women’s management education, especially as it relates to Simmons. A former lecturer at Harvard Business School, Dr. Jardim and Dr. Margaret Hennig were founding deans of the Simmons School of Management. In 1977, they co-authored what is regarded as the first book on women in business, The Managerial Woman. Their research made the distinctive and competitive difference in the core curriculum for the Simmons MBA program. Dr. Jardim was a political activist in her native British Guiana (now Guyana) during the 1960s. After Guyana gained independence from the United Kingdom, Dr. Jardim served as the country’s first ambassador to the United Nations, and later as ambassador to Brazil, Venezuela, and Chile. Dr. Jardim studied at the London School of Economics and Harvard Business School, where she was the first woman to receive the school’s doctoral degree.

DR. MARGARET HENNIG ’62, FOUNDING DEANThrough her career as an educator, author, and consultant, Dr. Margaret Hennig encouraged and empowered thousands of women, including students and executives. Her vision and leadership, together with that of Dr. Anne Jardim, led them to found the Simmons graduate program in management offering the first MBA program designed specifically for women. Dr. Hennig – and Dr. Jardim – retired as deans of the School of Management in 1997. Dr. Hennig graduated from Simmons College in 1962 and earned her MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1964. At Harvard, Dr. Hennig was one of 13 women among 700 men in the School’s first MBA class to admit women. She and Dr. Jardim met at Harvard as doctoral candidates. Dr. Hennig’s dissertation was the foundational work for The Managerial Woman, the pioneering best-seller she and Dr. Jardim co-authored; it was first published in 1977. Dr. Hennig passed away in 2004.

19991998

SOM Alumnae Scholarship Fund established

Center for Gender in Organizations (CGO) launched

Elizabeth J. McCandless Professorship in Entrepreneurship established

2001

HELEN G. DRINAN ’75LS, ’78SM, PRESIDENT OF SIMMONS COLLEGEHelen Drinan brings a depth of leadership experience to her presidency, which began in 2008. She has led Simmons to a position of competitive strength – financially, academically, and operationally – in a challenging economic climate. Her long association with Simmons includes being an alumna of the School of Management and Graduate School of Library and Information Science, and a former board chair. Prior to 2008, Drinan was senior vice president of human resources at Caritas Christi Health Care, executive vice president of human resources at BankBoston, and president of the Society for Human Resource Management. Her extensive board service includes BCBSMA, AICUM, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Court Management Advisory Board, 2020 Women on Boards, and Newton Country Day School. She is a member of the Massachusetts Women’s Forum. Drinan graduated from Mount Holyoke College.

CATHY E. MINEHAN ’99HD, DEANCathy Minehan was appointed dean in 2011. A recognized business and finance expert, she served nearly 40 years with the Federal Reserve System, ultimately as president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and a member of the Federal Open Market Committee. Minehan chairs the Massachusetts General Hospital board. She also serves on the boards of MIT’s investment management company, Partners Health Care System, VISA Inc., Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and the University of Rochester. Minehan is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She graduated from the University of Rochester and earned an MBA from New York University.

JACQUELINE C. MORBY ’78SM, TRUSTEE OF SIMMONS COLLEGEChair, Simmons School of Management 40th AnniversaryJacqueline Morby was one of the first women to enter the field of venture capital. After graduating from the Simmons School of Management with an MBA, she joined TA Associates, where she was a managing director (1982 to 2002) and served on the firm’s executive committee (1988 to 2001). She is on the board of directors of Ansys, Inc., and has served as a director of several public companies including BMC Software, Inc., and Pacific Life Corporation. She and her husband Jeffrey Morby co-founded the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, a venture philanthropy initiative that supports leading-edge Alzheimer’s research.

2002 2003 2004

Name changes to Simmons School of Management, integrating undergraduate and graduate programs and faculty

Roslyn Solomon Jaffe Chair in Strategy established in undergraduate program

■ Deborah Merrill-Sands appointed dean■ Simmons trustees vote to construct

a new School of Management building on the Fenway campus

JUDY N. BORNSTEIN ’96SMJudy Bornstein is managing director and CFO of the American Infrastructure Funds, a private equity firm. Previously, Bornstein was CFO of McCown De Leeuw & Co., CFO of InterDimensions Corporation, and director of national operations for SmartRoute Systems. She graduated first in her class from the Simmons School of Management, served as president of the SOM Alumnae Association (2002 to 2006), and as a member of the SOM Business Advisory Council (2010 to 2013). In 2009, she established the Bornstein Award for Leadership in Finance. She sits on the board of On Stage Entertainment, a Las Vegas based company, and on the advisory board of Wireless Generation, a New York based education company.

MARTHA H.W. CROWNINSHIELD ’79SM, HONORARY TRUSTEE OF SIMMONS COLLEGEMartha Crowninshield is a general partner emerita of Boston Ventures, an internationally recognized private equity firm. Beginning in 1985, she was principally involved in investing in the entertainment and leisure markets. Her track record of success includes Motown Record Company; Six Flags Entertainment Corporation; Billboard Publications, Inc.; and USA Cinemas (now Loews). She is a member of the Board of Fellows at Harvard Medical School and founding chair of its NeuroDiscovery Council. Crowninshield was a driving force with the United Way in encouraging large individual donors to support targeted initiatives for programs including economic literacy and entrepreneurship for girls.

TONI L. RICCARDI ’87SM, FORMER SIMMONS COLLEGE CORPORATORToni Riccardi is senior vice president and chief diversity officer (CDO) for The Conference Board. Previously a principal with PricewaterhouseCoopers, she was the firm’s first CDO and a member of the 13-member management committee. Riccardi was a contributing author to Enlightened Power: How Women Are Transforming the Practice of Leadership. She is on the boards of the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA), is a founding member of Women of ALPFA, Life Through Dance, the advisory board for the College of Arts and Sciences at Missouri State University (from which she graduated), and the Girl Scouts of Greater New York.

20062005

Fortune Small Business magazine calls SOM’s entrepreneurship program one of the 10 most innovative in the United States

■ Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review name SOM’s entrepreneurship program one of the top 25 in the country

■ Silverman Business Plan Competition established

Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Chair for Women and Leadership established

Simmons School of Management Awards and Rankings

• The Simmons School of Management is accredited by the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. Fewer than 30 percent of business schools in the United States — and fewer than 5 percent worldwide — have earned and retained this distinguished hallmark of excellence in management education.

• For the fourth consecutive year, the Simmons School of Management was ranked #1 in the category of “Greatest Opportunity for Women” by The Princeton Review. The Review’s 2013 guidebook also ranks Simmons #5 in the category of “Best Green MBA.”

• The Simmons School of Management was ranked among the top 20 MBA programs in the 2011-2012 “Beyond Grey Pinstripes” by the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education. Simmons is the only school in Massachusetts among the 20. A total of 149 business schools from 22 countries participated in this ranking, which recognizes the top 100 MBA programs integrating social and environmental stewardship biennially.

Additional Distinctions

• SOM alumnae started the internationally renowned Simmons Leadership Conference. The annual event is the preeminent and longest-running women’s leadership forum in the country and attracts a global audience of more than 3,000 business and professional women.

• The Center for Gender in Organizations (CGO) at the School of Management is an international resource on ways to improve organizational effectiveness by strengthening gender equity and diversity in the workplace. The CGO’s research and consulting services address issues related to gender equity and change, globalization, leaderships, and diversity in the United States and around the world.

• The School of Management is the institutional and academic partner of the Japanese Women’s Leadership Initiative (JWLI) co-founded by Simmons Trustee

Accolades

2007 2009

School of Management, through its Center for Gender in Organizations, forms partnership with the Japanese Women’s Leadership Initiative

■ School of Management moves into new building on the Fenway campus

■ U.S. Green Building Council awards new building LEED Gold Certification

Atsuko Toko Fish with Mary Lassen and Catherine Crone Coburn. The JWLI Fellows Program brings women from Japan to Boston for four weeks of direct experience and training in nonprofit management and leadership development in areas of importance to women and Japanese society.

• The newly launched Health Care MBA is an innovative program that offers a greater combination of depth in health care and management than a traditional MBA or advanced health care degree alone. The program combines the strengths of the School of Management’s nationally recognized AACSB accredited MBA program with the expertise of the health care faculty and curriculum.

• Since 2010, the School of Management has been home to a chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society serving business programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Membership is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in a program accredited by AACSB International.

• School of Management faculty members are recognized as leading authorities on women, leadership, management, healthcare, and communications. They hold endowed chairs, Fulbright fellowships, and grants from the Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation, and a host of other foundations. Faculty members also hold leadership roles in academic and professional association and actively consult with businesses and organizations.

• Dean Cathy Minehan chairs Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s Women’s Workforce Council, which is working on a number of important issues, including the wage gap between men and women. Mayor Menino aims to make Boston “the first major city to achieve pay equity for women.”

• The School of Management administers the annual Silverman Business Plan Competition, for management students and graduates. This annual contest supports women in launching and leading entrepreneurial ventures.

• The student-led Net Impact chapter received the 2012 prestigious “gold standing,” a designation given to only 16 percent of Net Impact’s 300 members. Net Impact is a nonprofit organization that works to equip individuals to use the power of

business to create a more socially and environmentally sustainable world.

■ Simmons Leadership Conference marks 30th year

■ School secures accreditation from the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International

■ Bornstein Award for Leadership in Finance established

PHYLLIS E. RAPPAPORT ALUMNAE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDThis award was established through the generosity of Phyllis E. Rappaport ’75SM.

2011

Cathy Minehan ’99HD appointed dean

■ Net Impact Chapter Receives Gold Chapter Standing■ Healthcare Administration and Communications

Management programs move to School of Management

1985 Martha Crowninshield ’79SM

1986 Sheryl Marshall ’76SM

1987 Ellen O’Connor ’77SM

1988 Gail Deegan ‘’78SM

1989 Linda Bisson Stevens ’80SM

1990 Gail Snowden ’78SM, ’97HD

1991 Paula Hindle ’88SM

1992 Leslie Mardenborough ‘89 EE

1993 Helen G. Drinan ’75LS, ’78SM

1994 Christine Brown ’84SM

1995 Gail Long ’80SM

1996 Barbara Lund ’88SM

1997 Joyce Kolligian ’87, ’89SM

1998 Betsy Perry ’92SM

1999 Harriette Chandler ’83SM

2000 Mary Ann Tocio ’92SM

2001 Kate Murray ’82SM

2002 Susan Paresky ’81SM

2003 Toni Riccardi ’87SM

2004 Mary Finlay ’90SM, ’06EE

2005 Liz Levin ’85SM

2006 Siobhan Flynn ’93SM

2007 Elizabeth Mora ’89SM

2008 Nancy Stuart ’87SM

2009 Gretchen Fox ’87SM

2011 Denise Coll ’95SM

2012 Donna Fernandes ’00SM

2013 Jennifer Pinck ’86SM

Awards

Phyllis E. Rappaport Alumnae Achievement Award, 2013

Jennifer Pinck ’86SM, is president and founder of Pinck & Co., one of Boston’s leading Owner’s Project Management firms. She trail blazed her way through the construction industry, starting as a commercial painter and working up to senior management positions on the Boston Harbor Project and the Big Dig. Pinck was the first woman to obtain a building license in the city of Boston in 1986. Over the past 15 years, her firm has successfully managed over $2 billion worth of projects.

BORNSTEIN AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP IN FINANCEThis award was established through the generosity of Judy N. Bornstein ’96SM

2012 2013

■ School named “Greatest Opportunity for Women” in nation by The Princeton Review for third consecutive year

■ Health Care MBA program launchedThe Simmons School of Management celebrates its 40th Anniversary

2008 Twyla Saviano ’08SM

2009 Alison Haight ’09SM

Sudha Sankaran ’10SM

2010 Shaquanna L. Philip Brown ’10SM

2011 Johanitta Ahossi ’11SM, ’11SMC

Olivia Handerson ’11SM

2012 Jennifer L. MacKenzie ’12SM

Denise A. Radkowski ’12SM

The environmentally friendly LEED certified School of Management and Academic Building is designed to elevate the learning experience for students, while maximizing efficiency, enhancing collaboration, and integrating technology into the classroom.

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GETTING HEREDOESN’T HAPPEN ALONE.

Bank of America is proud to support

the Simmons School of Management’s

40th Anniversary.

“My Simmons education forced me beyond my comfort zone and empowered me to impact the culture of TA Associates

where I have spent my career.”

–Jacqui Morby ’78SM

Congratulations to the Simmons

School of Management on celebrating

40 years of women in leadership!

THE CHALLENGER FOUNDATION

is honored to recognize the

SIMMONS SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

on 40 years of educating women

to be skilled

and principled leaders.

5Here is to another 40 years of research,

innovative curriculum and impact.

“ Attaining my MBA from Simmons gave

me the tools and confidence I needed to

start and grow my own business. I am

proud to be a Simmons graduate and

pleased to support the school’s continuing

mission of educating other women to

achieve their own dreams.”

−GRETCHEN FOX ’87SM

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We are proud to support the

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and look forward to a future focused

on leadership and student innovation

MADGE M. MEYER author of

The Innovator’s Path, How Individuals,

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Innovation Business as Usual

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THE SIMMONS SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION

is proud to recognize 40 years of educating women committed to principled leadership

and management excellence.

In Honor Of

ANNE JARDIM

8Anita Busquets ’80SM is proud

to make a gift in support of scholarships at the

Simmons School of Management

In Memory Of

JOHN MARTIN MUGAR

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in the vision of

Dr. Anne Jardim and Dr. Margaret Hennig

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT

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Judy N. Bornstein ’96SM

The Boston Globe

Deborah C. Brittain ’74SW

Cheap Seats Book Club

Susan S. Paresky ’81SM

Staples, Inc.

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“ Since 1973, the School of Management has embodied the proud

tradition of Simmons College’s commitment to educate students

to be self-sufficient. I expect that we will be filling the same role

100 years from now – helping successive generations acquire the

rigorous business skills required to be successful and learn to

lead within the cultures of major corporations.”

– CATHY E. MINEHAN ’99HD, DEAN, SIMMONS SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

COVER PHOTOS: The grand stairway in the School of Management’s former home on Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue (top) inspired a dramatic reinterpretation by the architects of the School’s new building on the Simmons College Fenway campus (bottom).

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