Tonie Leatherberry

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Tonie Leatherberry

Board Relations Leader Risk and Financial Advisory Services Deloitte & Touche, LLP

Antoinette (Tonie) Leatherberry is a Principal in Deloitte’s Risk and Financial Advisory practice. Tonie has had a distinguished career with the firm, spanning over 26 years. She serves Fortune 100 Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Business clients. She is responsible for supporting her key accounts across Strategy, Enterprise Risk, Human Capital and Technology services. A recognized leader, she is well respected by her clients and peers and is regularly tapped for her perspective and expertise.

Tonie is the Board Relations Leader for the Risk and Financial Advisory practice. In this role, she is responsible for market place positioning and opportunities through innovation, thought leadership and engagement that address the needs of Corporate Board Directors and senior executives.

Tonie is instrumental in developing and delivering two important Board-related initiatives: the Board Leadership Forum and NextGen CEO program. Tonie has served some of our largest clients, and currently serves as the Global Lead Client Service Partner and Advisory Partner for Deloitte’s crown jewel clients in the chemical and life sciences industries. Tonie maintains expertise in Information Technology Strategy. She also serves as a fellow with the Chief Information Officer Services Program, providing services, advice and coaching to technology executives. She has authored articles on IT Strategy, Diversity and Innovation.

She has previously served on Deloitte Consulting’s Board of Directors and as Deloitte Consulting’s Chief Inclusion Officer. Under her leadership, Deloitte Consulting received recognition for Excellence in Diversity by Consulting Magazine.

Tonie serves as the President of Deloitte Foundation, whose mission is to drive initiatives that develop future leaders through education. She currently serves on several advisory boards, including the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), Widener University Board of Trustees, and Boston University, College of Engineering Advisory Committee, Boston University Board of Overseers, and StemConnector’s Innovation Task Force. She has also previously served on the boards of the Network of Executive Women, the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition (GPUAC) and Center for the Advocacy, Rights and Interests of the Elderly.

Tonie has received numerous accolades, most notably as one of the top 25 consultants by Consulting Magazine and by Black Enterprise as one of the Most Powerful Women in Business. Tonie has also been recognized as one of Pennsylvania’s Top 50 Women in Business, The Network Journal’s annual list of 25 Influential Black Women in Business, Savoy magazine as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America and one of the Top 100 under 50 Leader by Diversity MBA Magazine.

Tonie holds an MBA in Operations from Northeastern University and a B.S.M.E. with a concentration in Manufacturing Engineering from Boston University.

Tonie is an executive speaker at #WOC2018 Pennsylvania. Register below