Meet Our Team

Our staff includes full-time employees, research associates, and affiliated fellows who contribute professional knowledge and research. 

Center Staff

Brad Harrington
Brad Harrington
Executive Director

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Brad Harrington

Brad Harrington

Executive Director

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Dr. Brad Harrington is the Executive Director of the Center for Work & Family, a research professor in the Carroll School of Management, and a faculty member in the University’s Capstone Program. Prior to his arrival at Boston College, Brad was an executive with Hewlett-Packard Company for twenty years. He served in a wide range of global and business unit leadership assignments in the U.S. and Europe.

Brad’s research and teaching focuses on career management and work-life integration, the changing role of fathers, contemporary workforce management strategies and the leadership of organizational change. He is a frequent keynote speaker at professional conferences. He consults with many major employers in the areas of strategic planning, human resources, and organizational change. He is the author of Career Management and Work / Life Integration: Using Self-Assessment to Navigate Contemporary Careers and The New Dad, a 10-year research series on how todays fathers manage their careers and parenting responsibilities. Brad’s research has been cited by hundreds of major media outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, and The Washington Post.

Brad serves on the advisory board of the International Centre of Work and Family at IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain and is a research fellow of the Human Resource Policy Institute (HRPI) at Boston University. He is a graduate of Stonehill College and holds advanced degrees in psychology and human resources from Boston College and Boston University. He is married to Annie Soisson, EdD, director of the Center for Learning & Teaching at Tufts University. They are the proud parents of Maggie (BC ’17), Hannah, & Dillon.

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Jennifer Sabatini Fraone
Jennifer Sabatini Fraone
Director, Corporate Partnerships

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Jennifer Sabatini Fraone

Jennifer Sabatini Fraone

Director, Corporate Partnerships

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At the Boston College Center for Work & Family (@BCCWF), Jennifer works closely with the Boston College Workforce Roundtable, the premier learning and networking community for progressive employers who seek to provide a superior employee experience. Jennifer develops member programming and manages all CWF marketing initiatives including the CWF website, social media, member newsletters, research reports and other publications. Jennifer also works with organizations to provide research, training and consultation on flexibility, work-life balance and other workforce management issues.

Jennifer enjoys presenting on workplace flexibility and work-life balance; recent speaking engagements include the Future of Work Forum, WorldatWork Total Rewards, the New England HR Association and the Massachusetts Conference for Women. Jennifer was the founder of and a regular guest on the Fox 25 News Boston Work-Life Wednesday segment. She has been featured on NECN, Marketplace, NPR, in the Boston Globe, Fortune, The Huffington Post, Human Resource Executive and other publications. Jennifer received her BS in Clinical Psychology from Tufts University and her Master of Social Work and Master of Business Administration from Boston College. Jennifer and her husband John are the proud parents of two spirited teenagers.

Madeleine Romance
Madeleine Romance
Assistant Director, Member Services

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Madeleine Romance

Madeleine Romance

Assistant Director, Member Services

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Madeleine is the Assistant Director of Member Services at the Center for Work & Family, in which she supports members of the Boston College Workforce Roundtable. She plans and executes annual Roundtable conferences and monthly virtual events, as well as managing the Center’s communications. Working with member organizations, Madeleine facilitates research on HR topics of interest, including flexibility, well-being, diversity & inclusion, and women's advancement.

Madeleine is currently an M.B.A. candidate in the Boston College Carroll School of Management. She graduated from BC in 2022 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science. As an undergraduate, she served as managing editor of the independent student newspaper at BC, The Heights, and was a member of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team of journalists at The Miami Herald.

Tina Lawler
Tina Lawler
Senior Research Associate

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Tina Lawler

Tina Lawler

Senior Research Associate

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In her role as Senior Research Associate, Tina works closely with member companies to design, perform and produce primary research on workforce management issues.  She is also involved in other research activities of the Center, including benchmarking studies and executive briefings. Prior to joining the Center for Work & Family, Tina worked in product management for Johnson & Johnson and was Chief of Staff at MCP Hahnemann (Drexel) University School of Medicine.  She has also worked in various clinical research capacities at Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Tina graduated from Harvard College with an AB in English & American Literature and earned her MBA at MIT Sloan School of Management with a focus on Strategic Management. She and her husband John live in Needham with their three children.

Keila L. Viñas, Ed.D
Keila L. Viñas, Ed.D
Senior Research Associate

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Keila L. Viñas, Ed.D

Keila L. Viñas, Ed.D

Senior Research Associate

Keila is a researcher and practitioner with an expertise in gender dynamics in the workplace, organizational culture and change, talent management, and leadership development. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Villanova University, an M.A. in Social-Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, and a doctoral degree in Administration, Training, and Policy/HR Education from Boston University. As an Organizational Development (OD) practitioner, Keila has worked conducting both large-scale, organization-wide initiatives, as well as department-based interventions within a wide range of industries – including banking and financial services, information technology, healthcare, and management consulting. Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Keila has held various roles in OD and Training.

She is passionate about encouraging and supporting others to achieve growth and transformation in the pursuit of a more whole, values-driven life. Her interest in examining gender dynamics through the lens of work/life integration amplified after having her two children, solidifying her focus on workplace culture, talent management, and employee engagement.  She has since been developing content on a freelance basis related to these topics.

Julie Soucie
Julie Soucie
Fiscal Specialist

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Julie Soucie

Julie Soucie

Fiscal Specialist

Julie is the Fiscal Specialist at the Center for Work & Family and is responsible for accounting correspondence and bookkeeping.  Julie has nearly 30 years of experience in public and private accounting.  She graduated from Stonehill College and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

Meena Menon
Meena Menon
Research Intern

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Meena Menon

Meena Menon

Research Intern

Meena is an intern at the Boston College Center for Work & Family. She supports the members by reviewing research on topics like diversity, equity, and inclusion and family benefits in the workplace. She also assists in gathering and sharing benchmarking data. Meena is currently a sophomore in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Psychology.

Lindsay Levine
Lindsay Levine
Research Intern

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Lindsay Levine

Lindsay Levine

Research Intern

Lindsay is a current junior in the Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences majoring in Psychology and minoring in Managing for Social Impact and Philosophy.

Chloe Don
Chloe Don
Research Intern

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Chloe Don

Chloe Don

Research Intern

Chloe is currently a junior Psychology major in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences with a minor in Leadership & Management. 

Affiliated Fellows

Jamie Ladge, Ph.D.
Jamie Ladge, Ph.D.
Professor and Group Chair, Management and Organizational Development at Northeastern University D'Amore-McKim School of Business

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Jamie Ladge, Ph.D.

Jamie Ladge, Ph.D.

Professor and Group Chair, Management and Organizational Development at Northeastern University D'Amore-McKim School of Business

Jamie Ladge is a Professor and Group Chair of Management and Organizational Development at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business and a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Exeter Business School in Exeter, U.K. She is primarily known for her research exploring the intersection of work and family, stigmatized social identities, and career equality, gender and diversity issues in organizations. Ladge's core area of research focuses on the psychological and career implications of professionally-employed mothers and fathers. She also researches the diversity challenges and work and family boundaries of those holding stigmatized social identities including pregnant workers and same-sex couples. Her work has been published in several top management and human resources journals including the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Perspectives, Human Resource Management, and Harvard Business Review. She also recently co-authored the book, “Maternal Optimism: Forging Positive Paths through Work and Motherhood” which was published by Oxford University Press.

Professor Ladge is a frequent speaker, both nationally and internationally, on the topic of gender and diversity in organizations and work-life integration. Her research has also received a significant amount of media attention in major media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Atlantic, Forbes, Fortune, CNN Money, Businessweek, and other prominent media outlets. At Northeastern, she teaches courses on Managing Human Capital, Managing People and Organizations, Career Management, and Organizational Behavior.

Professor Ladge is a current member of the Academy of Management, Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, American Psychological Association, Society for Human Resource Professionals, and Work-Family Researchers Network. She recently served as the Division Chair of the Careers Division of the Academy of Management and is currently Associate Editor at the Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Ph.D.
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Professor, and Director of the Center for Families, Purdue University

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Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Ph.D.

Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, Professor, and Director of the Center for Families, Purdue University

Shelley joined the Center for Work & Family as an academic fellow in 1997. She received an MBA in Management and Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from the Pennsylvania State University. Her research focuses on relationships between job conditions and family life, with special interests in organizational size, adult development, and organizational policies, and has been published in scientific journals including the Journal of Marriage and Family and theAcademy of Management Journal.

Shelley is the Associate Dean of the College of Consumer and Family Sciences and a Professor in the Department of Child Development and Family Studies at Purdue University, where she also directs the Center for Families and the Military Family Research Institute. Additionally, in her role as the Director of the Midwestern Work Family Association (MWFA), Shelley joined the Center in its partnership with One Small Step on the BalanceSheets Series, and with former NEWFA Director Judi Casey, she has presented on the role of regional work/life organizations.

In 1999, Shelley's Center on Families initiated, along with CWF, the first-ever Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work/Life Research. Shelley is committed to working with the Center to strengthen the bridge between the academic and corporate worlds. Her research has been supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Henry A. Murray Center, the Department of Defense, the Lilly Endowment, and the state of Indiana; and has earned awards from the Groves Conference and Gamma Sigma Delta.  She recently served as the civilian co-chair of the Department of Defense Task Force on Mental Health.  She is a 2006 winner of the Work-Life Legacy Award from the Families and Work Institute and in 2005, Shelley was named a fellow of the National Council on Family Relations. She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Family IssuesFamily Relations, and Journal of Family and Economic Issues.

Constance Noonan Hadley, Ph.D.
Constance Noonan Hadley, Ph.D.
Founder, Institute for Life at Work and lecturer, at Boston University Questrom School of Business

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Constance Noonan Hadley, Ph.D.

Constance Noonan Hadley, Ph.D.

Founder, Institute for Life at Work and lecturer, at Boston University Questrom School of Business

Dr. Constance (Connie) Noonan Hadley is an organizational psychologist whose goal is to support a rich and fulfilling life at work for all employees. She is the founder of the Institute for Life at Work, a lecturer at Boston University Questrom School of Business, and a consulting researcher at Microsoft Research Lab.

Dr. Hadley is an expert and well-known speaker on the future of work, team dynamics, psychological safety, employee loneliness, well-being at work, and inclusive cultures.

Her research has been published in Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The New York Times, Wired, Forbes, and other news outlets.

Her article with Mark Mortensen, “Are Your Team Members Lonely?” won the prestigious 2022 Beckhard Memorial Prize for the most outstanding article of the year on planned change and organizational development by MIT Sloan Management Review.

She holds a PhD in organizational behavior from Harvard University, an MBA from Wharton, and a BA from Princeton University. Previously, she worked in management consulting at McKinsey & Company and in marketing and operations at General Mills, Inc. 

In her spare time, Dr. Hadley serves as a Board of Trustees member at McLean Hospital, a leader in behavioral and mental health, as well as a mentor to low-income, first-generation, students.