Diane Hessan Explained

Diane Hessan is an American author and Vice Chair of the Trustee Advisory Board of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Career

Hessan began her career at General Foods, in product management, and then worked in consulting at Resource Planning Associates. In 1980, she joined The Forum Corporation, where she become Executive Vice.

In 2000, she joined Communispace. Hessan has received awards and accolades including Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year, The Northstar Award from Springboard, the Most Admired CEO Award from the Boston Business Journal, the Pinnacle Award for Achievement in Entrepreneurship from the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, and the Believe in Girls Award from Big Sister of Massachusetts.^[6]

In 2014, she was inducted into the Babson College Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs and received Brandeis University’s Asper Award for Global Entrepreneurship.^[7] Hessan has honorary degrees from Bentley University and the New England College of Business.^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

Publications

• Our Common Ground: Insights from Four Years of Listening to American Voters.
• Customer-Centered Growth: 5 Strategies for Building Competitive Advantage (1995), with Richard Whiteley.

Notes and References

1. News: Winerip . Michael . 2010-03-05 . Experienced Hands, Still Valued . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-05-05 . 0362-4331.
2. Web site: How a CEO found her second act . 2023-10-17 . Fortune . en.
3. Web site: Diane Hessan joins board of Boston video tech company . 2022-05-05 . www.bizjournals.com.
4. Web site: 2021-10-05 . Diane Hessan talks the American electorate, political polarization . 2022-05-05 . The Tufts Daily . en.
5. Web site: Bradbury . Danny . 2013-09-17 . Should you mix business and personal on social media? . 2022-05-05 . the Guardian . en.
6. Web site: Kantor . Ira . 2012-12-06 . Chamber announces Pinnacle Award winners . 2023-10-21 . Boston Herald . en-US.
7. Web site: Hessan encourages global perspective, collaboration . 2022-05-05 . BrandeisNOW . en.
8. Web site: Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Entrepreneur Diane Hessan to Deliver Bentley University’s Commencement Addresses . 2022-05-05 . www.bentley.edu . en.
9. Web site: The Big Sister Association of Greater Boston had a big gala to celebrate women and girls – The Boston Globe . 2022-05-05 . BostonGlobe.com . en-US.
10. News: Cowley . Stacy . 2019-09-06 . Patty Abramson, 74, Supporter of Businesses Owned by Women, Dies . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-05-05 . 0362-4331.
11. Web site: Johnson . Whitney . How A World Class CEO Has Become A Political Healer . 2022-05-05 . Forbes . en.