Brad Harrington Boston College, USA

Brad Harrington: Brad is the executive director of the Boston College Center for Work & Family (CWF) and a research professor of organization studies in the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. CWF is a national leader in helping organizations create effective workplaces that support and develop healthy and productive employees. The center pro­vides a bridge linking the academic community to the some of the world’s most progressive companies in the human resource arena.

Before coming to Boston College, Brad spent 20 years with Hewlett­Packard Company, working in a broad range of executive and management positions in quality improvement, human resources, education, manage­ment development, and organization development in the United States and Europe. His roles included chief quality officer for HP’s worldwide medical products business and head of HP’s management and organization develop­ment organization. Brad holds a bachelor’s degree in business administra­tion from Stonehill College, a master’s degree in psychology from Boston College, and a doctorate in human resource development and organization development from Boston University. Brad has consulted with many corpo­rations and healthcare organizations on strategic planning, cultural change, leadership development, career management, and work–life systems. In 2006, Brad was honored as one of the Ten Most Influential Men in the Work–Life Field.

Brad is married to Dr. Annie Soisson, and they have three children: Maggie, Hannah, and Dillon. Brad and his family reside in Winchester, Massachusetts.