Antoinette (Tonie) Leatherberry is a Principal (equity owner) at Deloitte Consulting LLP and is the Business Analytics practice leader in the Consumer and Industrial Products practice. Deloitte Consulting is a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a nearly $4 Billion practice and the largest privately-held global professional services organization in the world.

Leatherberry serves Fortune 100 clients in retail and consumer business.  She is responsible for developing business solutions that address Information Technology challenges, specializing in IT Strategy, Business Analytics and Information Management.  A recognized leader in the industry, she is well respected by her clients and is regularly tapped for her expertise.

The professional accolades Leatherberry has received demonstrate her accomplishments.   She was nominated for the 2008 Computerworld Magazine Premier 100 IT Leaders award.  She has graced the cover of Consulting Magazine twice, once for being named one of the top 25 consultants in the world. She has been recognized as a Top 100 under 50 Leader by Diversity MBA Magazine in 2008, One of Pennsylvania’s Top 50 Women in Business for 2009, Recognized as one of the Women worth Watching in the Diversity News Journal Magazine in 2009, Named one of the Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America by Savoy Magazine in the Spring 2010, and most recently featured in the April 2010 Edition of Forbes Magazine.

Leatherberry is formerly the chairperson of Deloitte Consulting’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, a national initiative dedicated to improving organizational strength by recognizing diverse individual perspectives and providing equitable advancement opportunities for all.  In 2008, the firm was recognized as a leader in the profession for Excellence in Diversity by Consulting Magazine.

As a member of The Executive Leadership Council’s (ELC) Institute for Leadership Development & Research, Leatherberry has facilitated Hurricane Katrina support to Historically Black Colleges and Universities in New Orleans - namely Xavier University. She facilitated sessions and raised pertinent questions that lead to the university’s executive team to make needed decisions on disaster recovery and strategic plans for technology improvements.  Most recently, through the ELC’s Technology Transfer Project, she provided consulting expertise to Morehouse University, Tennessee State University, North Carolina A&T.

In addition, Leatherberry also serves on the Deloitte Consulting Board of Directors, Deloitte Foundation’s Board of Directors and the advisory boards for the League of Black Women and the Network of Executive Women, a non-profit organization whose goal is to attract, retain and advance women in the retail and consumer products industry sectors.  She has also previously served on the boards of the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition (GPUAC) and C.A.R.I.E. the Center for the Advocacy, Rights and Interests of the Elderly.

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