Professor Brush is a Professor of Entrepreneurship, holder of the Paul T. Babson Chair in Entrepreneurship and Chair of the Entrepreneurship Division at Babson College. She is a visiting ad junct Professor to the Norwegian School of Engineering and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. Formerly, she was an Associate Professor of Strategy and Policy, founder and Director of the Council for Women’s Entrepreneurship and Leadership (CWEL), and Research Director for the Entrepreneurial Management Institute at Boston University. Dr. Brush teaches courses in Entrepreneurship in the MBA and Executive MBA programs. For two years, she was a Research Affiliate to Jonkoping International Business School, Jonkoping, Sweden. She received her DBA from Boston University, an MBA from Boston College and a BA from the University of Colorado.
She is a founding member of the Diana Project International, a research collaborative of scholars from 20 countries studying growth and financing strategies of women entrepreneurs world-wide. With her four co-researchers, she was named the 2007 recipient of the FSF- Swedish Research Foundation International Award for Outstanding Research Contributions in the Field of Entrepreneurship. Dr. Brush is the author of seven books, 20 book chapters and 90 articles published in scholarly journals. She is an Editor for Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and serves on four other editorial review boards. She has served on more than 15 PhD dissertation committees and mentored more than 25 doctoral students. Dr. Brush was one of 18 researchers selected to participate in the 1995 White House Conference Research Project: The Future of Small Business and Entrepreneurship into the Year 2010, and was recognized by INC Magazine in 1995 as one of the top 16 researchers in Entrepreneurship in the US. In 1997 she was appointed by the Secretary of Defense to the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) and served for 3 years. She is on the Board of Directors of the Center for Women’s Business Research and Children Without Borders (Costa Rica) and serves on the Advisory Board for the Center for Women in Enterprise. She is a member of the Boston Harbor Angels and an active angel investor, serving on several boards of early stage private companies. She has advised hundreds of student businesses and new venture teams over the past 20 years.
