TONI BLACKWELL
Affiliate Consultant | blackwell@artsci.com
As an Affiliate Consultant, Toni Blackwell works with the firm’s partners on each stage of the project, helping clients identify their needs, engaging in the strategic assessment by conducting qualitative interviews with institutional leaders, administrators, faculty, students, and alumni, as well as helping to design surveys to address those needs and sharing findings and recommendations.
Toni has more than 40 years of professional experience in Higher Education in the area of Student Affairs at various sized institutions from small private to her last position at Johns Hopkins University as Senior Associate Dean of Students. At Hopkins, she was responsible for the planning, implementation, and oversight of Student Health and Wellness, which included the Department of Case Management, Counseling and Psychological Services, the Health and Wellness Center as well as the University’s after-hours on call system.
In addition to Johns Hopkins, Toni’s Student Affairs career includes serving as Assistant Director of Residence Life and Director of Multicultural Affairs at Russell Sage College where she assisted the College in developing their first Diversity strategy for recruiting and retaining students of color; as Assistant Dean/Director of Student Diversity Programs at Babson College; as Associate Dean of Student Services at Mills College overseeing Career Services, Religious/Spiritual Life, and Wellness and Community Outreach; and as Associate Dean of Students at Berklee College of Music with a focus on developing a College-wide training for Title IX compliance.
Since 2021, Toni has been a part-time consultant with New York University’s Florence, Italy campus where she has assisted with program development focused on Diversity and Inclusion for students and faculty. Additionally, she has provided professional development coaching to various staff members in their Student Affairs Division.
Education
B.A. Creative Arts Therapy, Russell Sage College
M.A. Counseling/Higher Education Administration, The College of New Jersey