Babson has been an ESCO board member since 2003 and is a partner with Endeavour Capital, the Pacific Northwest’s oldest and largest private equity firm that focuses on regional investment.
Before joining Endeavour Capital, Babson was a partner and chairman of Stoel Rives, LLP, Oregon’s largest law firm, where Babson specialized in mergers, acquisitions and public and private securities offerings.
Babson is a board member of Columbia Sportswear Company and the Columbia Pacific Council of Boy Scouts of America. He is also serves on Stanford University’s Undergraduate Education Committee and is an advisory board member of Paccess, Inc. and Smart Forest Ventures, LLP.
Babson earned his BA from Stanford University, his JD from Stanford Law School and his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Businesses.