Brookline's Ranch Kimball new chief operating officer at Babson College

Babson College has named Ranch Kimball of Brookline its new chief operating officer. As COO, Kimball will direct revenue and profile-generating efforts by helping to cultivate new relationships and opportunities that support Babson?s business growth goals.

Kimball will focus on raising Babson?s profile in the Boston innovation community and regionally as he oversees externally facing functions of the college, including alumni and friends, development and marketing as well as certain outreach efforts of Babson Global and Babson Executive Education.

Kimball will assume the role of COO as of Aug. 1.

Most recently, he has served as president and CEO of CIC Partners, the arm of the Cambridge Innovation Center responsible for operations of Innovation Centers outside the Boston-Cambridge region.

Previously, he served as president and CEO of the Joslin Diabetes Center, one of the Harvard teaching hospitals. Prior to running the Joslin, he served as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts? Economic Development Secretary with overall responsibility for the state?s economy and management of 22 state agencies and 2,350 employees.

In 2001, he co-founded the Washington D.C.-based Kissinger McLarty Capital Group, a private equity firm in partnership with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former White House Chief of Staff and Fortune 500 CEO Thomas ?Mack? McLarty. He began his business career at the Boston Consulting Group, where he was a long-time partner with leadership in Boston, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

A trustee of Wheelock College for eight years, Kimball has served as chairman of the Board of Trustees at Wheelock since 2010. He has extensive doard of director and trustee experience working with organizations, including MassDevelopment, Massachusetts Business Roundtable, Massachusetts Port Authority, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Museum of Science and WGBH.

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