Sally Blount is the Michael L. Nemmers Professor of Strategy at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where she is the former dean and alumna. She serves on the boards of directors for
Abbott Laboratories
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,
Ulta Beauty
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, and the
Joyce Foundation
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and on advisory boards for the
Aspen Institute
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, the
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, the
Indian School of Business
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, the
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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, and the
Fundação Dom Cabral
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. In 2012, she co-chaired the
World Economic Forum
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’s conference on Latin America.
Blount graduated from
Princeton University
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in 1983 with a joint degree from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
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. She then worked as an associate for the
Boston Consulting Group
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and as a business manager for Eva Maddox Associates in Chicago. In 1988, she enrolled in the doctoral program at Kellogg, graduating with a PhD in Organizational Behavior in 1992.
Upon graduation, Blount served on the faculty of the
Booth School of Business
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at the
University of Chicago
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for nine years. She transitioned to the
Stern School of Business
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at
New York University
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In 1832, the ...
in 2001. After teaching at Stern for three years, in 2004, Blount was appointed vice dean and then dean of undergraduate students. Under her leadership, Stern received a $15 million gift, the largest in its history. In 2007, Blount added onto her work at Stern by becoming the special adviser for global academic integration for NYU’s president and
provost. She played a key role in the establishment of NYU’s new campus in
Abu Dhabi
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...
.
Blount served as Kellogg’s dean from 2010 until 2018. When she was appointed, the ''
Financial Times
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'' wrote, "Blount will arguably become the most influential female dean in the US, representing the only one of the self-appointed group of seven top graduate business schools to have a woman in the job". Under Blount, Kellogg completed a $365-million fundraising campaign; constructed a 415,000-square-foot, lakefront building called the "Global Hub"; expanded Kellogg's Executive MBA program and enhanced Kellogg's international standing.
Blount has published papers based on her research in the ''
Journal of Applied Psychology
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'', ''the Negotiation Journal'', and the ''
Academy of Management Review
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''.
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Living people
Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni
University of Chicago faculty
New York University Stern School of Business faculty
Kellogg School of Management faculty
Princeton School of Public and International Affairs alumni
Business school deans
Women deans (academic)
Year of birth missing (living people)
American university and college faculty deans