Athena Award—Maria Babb

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2009-10-29 14:56

Maria Babb, Vice President and Director of Business Development for Middlesex Savings Bank, has fostered the development of numerous small businesses, provided valuable volunteer service to improve the quality of life in our community, and helped women achieve professional advancement and leadership potential.
 
Ms. Babb created the Middlesex Savings Bank position of “business development officer,” then researched and established the bank’s first “Business Development Team,” which, under her leadership, has measurably grown the bank’s deposits, loans and profitability. This year, she was named “A Woman’s Business 2009 Top 10 Banker” for her work in the commercial sector.
 
Ms. Babb has brought her considerable skills to numerous community organizations, as well, not least the MetroWest Chamber of Commerce, where she has been Ambassador of the Year, Chair of the Ambassador Committee—which is charged with retention and expansion of Chamber membership—and Chair of the membership campaign. In addition, she was one of the founding members of the English as A Second Language (ESL) Fund—which bestowed on her the ESL Fund Christine Taylor Award for her years of dedicated service and work to gain community support. Ms. Babb has also served on the boards of the Framingham Civic League, the MetroWest YMCA and the Danforth Museum of Art. In 2005, she received Middlesex Savings Bank’s “VIP Spotlight Award” for outstanding service as a community volunteer.
 
Reflecting her abiding passion for the advancement of women, Ms. Babb has been a founding member of the Women’s Networking Breakfast Group, Chair of the Networking Committee of the New England Women Business Owners (NEWBO), a teacher in the financial literacy program for Women in the Womankind Education and Resource Center, a member of the Women’s Success Network, and an executive committee member of both the MetroWest Chamber Women’s Initiative and the United Way of Tri-County Women’s Leadership Council.
 
Ms. Babb, whose three-language competence has facilitated both her professional and volunteer careers, lives in Hopkinton with her husband Rick and sons Richard and Andrew.
 
 

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