Antonio Boyd

I am a lecturer at the Northeastern Graduate School of Education, teaching doctoral candidates about collaborative leadership and leadership for social justice.

I also serve as a columnist for Getting Smart. Getting Smart is a national education media channel that supports innovations in learning, education, and technology.

Co-founder of Lion's Den, a multigenerational monthly national mentoring meeting of African-American men.

For more than 26 years, I have been honored to serve as the president and CEO of Think Tank Consulting Group, LLC.

A project development, management, fundraising, public affairs, and community relations company serving education, nonprofits, healthcare, and government sectors.

I served in the ministry for eight years, working in Champaign, Illinois; Chicago, Illinois; Washington, DC; and Columbia, South Carolina.

I received a B.A. in Speech Communications and Marketing from the University of Illinois. For my master's degree in management and leadership, I went to Webster University.

I am also a graduate of the Management Academy of Public Health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, the Collaborative Management Program of the Gillings School of Global Public Health, and the Keenan-Flagler School of Business.

I am a Riley Diversity Fellow with the Diversity Leadership Initiative at the Riley Institute at Furman University.

I received a Doctor of Education in Curriculum, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership from Northeastern University in Boston.

I am a certified grant writer, reviewer, and evaluator. Successfully wrote 45 million in education, healthcare, and community service grants.

• 30 years of executive coaching, technical assistance, and training for national and international program directors and nonprofit executives.

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