BA, Univ. of Colorado; MBA, Boston College; DBA, Boston Univ. Former entrepreneurial experience in the airline industry and small business consulting. Former Associate Professor of Strategy and Policy, Founder, Council for Women's Entrepreneurship and Leadership, and Research Director, Entrepreneurial Management Institute, Boston Univ. Co-Founder, a land development company. Director, Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship. Visiting Adjunct, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology. Co-Founder, Diana Project. Member of various boards of directors. Co-Author of Clearing the Hurdles: Women Building High Growth Businesses (2004). Co-Editor of Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs and their Businesses: A Global Research Perspective (2006); Women's Entrepreneurship and Growth Influences: An International Perspective (2010). Author of more than 100 articles published in scholarly journals. Editor, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Member, Editorial Review Board: Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal; Business Horizons; International Journal of Female Entrepreneurship.