Dr. Antonio Boyd serves as President and C.E.O. of the Think Tank Consulting Group, L.L.C. A national management, development, and public affairs company specializing in education, non-profit, government, and public health sectors. He also serves as a national columnist for Getting Smart, one of the leading education media channels. Getting Smart supports innovations in learning, education & technology. Getting Smart's mission is to help more young people get smart & connect to the idea community.
Dr. Boyd also serves as a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant with the Zenger Strategies P.E.A.C.E. Team (Promoting Equity Among Communities Effectively). The P.E.A.C.E. Team Consultants provide a unique training opportunity for various coalitions to collaborate and share knowledge, exchange ideas, and better understand racial equity to serve communities better. The main goal of the series is to help coalition members integrate racial justice concepts into their community coalition processes by introducing relevant, actionable tools and frameworks.
Dr. Boyd's dedication and expertise in the field of education have been widely recognized. He earned his Doctor of Education in Curriculum, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership from the Northeastern University Graduate School of Education in the College of Professional Studies, a testament to his academic excellence.
Dr. Boyd was inducted into the Huntington 100 Class of 2021 at Northeastern, an award program that honors outstanding students' commensurate achievements with the university's mission, ideals, values, and academic plan, further validating his academic prowess. Dr. Boyd was honored to receive the 2024 Equity and Education Award by the American Consortium for Equity in Education and nominated for the 2023 Excellence in Teaching Award by his doctoral students at Northeastern, which underscores his commitment to education and equity, instilling confidence in his expertise.
Dr. Boyd's work and research are centered on equity and access, experiential learning, afterschool programming, diversity and inclusion, social justice in education, college and career pathways, the future workforce, and Black male mentoring. His expertise in these areas is further demonstrated through his teaching of collaborative leadership and leadership for social justice at the Northeastern University Graduate School of Education in the College of Professional Studies, where he imparts his knowledge and passion for these important issues to the next generation of educators.
Education
Doctor of Education
Northeastern University
Dr. Boyd's work and research are centered on equity and access, experiential learning, afterschool programming, diversity and inclusion, social justice in education, college and career pathways, the future workforce, and Black male mentoring. His expertise in these areas is further demonstrated through his teaching of collaborative leadership and leadership for social justice at the Northeastern University Graduate School of Education in the College of Professional Studies, where he imparts his knowledge and passion for these important issues to the next generation of educators.
Masters, Management & Leadership
Websters University
George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology - To remain competitive in today's business world, students are improving their communication skills and leadership abilities. At Webster University, the master's degree in Management and Leadership is designed for students and professionals who seek a graduate degree with broad management and leadership perspective.
BA, Speech & Communication
University of Illinois
Speech communication focuses on the use and impact of communication messages in human interaction. The field serves many students as preprofessional education and others as the core of a liberal education. The curriculum reflects concern for the theory, practice, and criticism of communication in several areas of study: interpersonal and family communication, organizational and group communication, health communication, communication technologies, political communication, rhetoric, and public discourse, persuasion and argumentation, communication in cultural contexts, and mediated communication.