The UNICON Board of Directors awarded Cathy Shea, formerly of Babson Executive Education, and Mark Lewis, who recently retired from Chicago Booth and was Co-Chair of UNICON’s Benchmarking Committee, a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ in recognition of their significant and lasting contributions to Executive Education.
“While UNICON’s valuable research, benchmarking reports, conferences, and coffee groups helped me stay current and relevant within the industry – it has been the supportive and safe atmosphere that UNICON fosters that has sustained me all these years.
I have made many meaningful lifelong friendships that I carry with me into retirement. Thank you!”
Cathy Shea
Babson College
UNICON Board Member 2011-17
UNICON Board Chair 2016-17
UNICON Continuity Committee Member
About Cathy Shea
Cathy Shea devoted 35 years to Babson Executive Education, where she held various roles, including Assistant Dean, Senior Director, and Program Director.
Her leadership spanned across all aspects of Babson’s operations, from strategy and business development to crafting custom programs and fostering key client relationships. Cathy’s work in delivering Babson’s signature Entrepreneurial Leadership programs to learners globally has been a major career milestone.
About Mark Lewis
Mark possesses over 30 years of experience in executive education and organisational development. He started his career at the University of Michigan Ross Business School Executive Education and the School of Dentistry. At Ross, Mark was an assistant director and served as the school’s Quality Initiative Coordinator. At the School of Dentistry, he served as the manager of Auxiliary Services and chaired the School of Dentistry’s Quality programme.
He left Michigan to join the University of Akron’s School of Business as director for Organisational Development, and later formed his own consulting firm, M B Lewis and Associates LLC.
Mark was the Director of Executive Education at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business where he oversaw 30+ open and custom programmes in the areas of finance, marketing, strategy, general management, and leadership. His portfolios serve diverse international clients spanning wide geographic regions including North America, Latin America, and Asia.
Some of the companies he has worked with in the past and present include: PepsiCo, Barclays, Egon Zehnder International, Merck, General Motors, Goodyear, ADIA, Citi, Vale, Boeing, Petrobras, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, and BlackRock.
Mark has a BA in Accounting from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia and an MA in Adult Continuing Higher Education Administration from Michigan State University.
Mark Lewis
University of Chicago, Chicago Booth
UNICON Board Member 2021-2024
UNICON Benchmarking Committee Co-Chair 2021-2024
