Toni G. Wolfman, Executive in Residence, Executive Education and Women’s Leadership Institute, Bentley University

In residence at Bentley University since 2005, Toni Wolfman serves as a resource to faculty, students and alumnae on issues affecting women in business and the professions, is a liaison between the University and business leaders, helps to identify and develop executive education opportunities, and engages in research and programming for current and future women leaders. She is a well-known and effective advocate for improved corporate governance and for the advancement of women in business. She is a director of and leads the corporate board search effort for The Boston Club (New England’s largest organization of business and professional women), is the immediate past President of ION (a national network of organizations dedicated to advancing women to corporate leadership positions), leads Women Corporate Directors–Boston (public company directors who meet periodically to share perspectives on corporate governance issues), and is an active member of the New England Chapter of NACD. For many years, she was a director of the Center for Women & Enterprise (the largest entrepreneurial training organization in New England).

From 1977 through 2004, Toni practiced law with Foley Hoag LLP in Boston as a partner in its litigation department focusing on the resolution of complex commercial disputes. While at Foley Hoag, she held various leadership positions in the firm, in several bar associations and in legal services organizations; she also has served on three Supreme Judicial Court committees. Toni is currently a Trustee and Chair of the Grants Committee of the Boston Bar Foundation and Treasurer of the SJC’s Access to Justice Commission. She has received public recognition from the Boston Bar Association, the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts, Greater Boston Legal Services, and The Boston Club for her contributions to the legal profession and to the advancement of women.

Toni is a graduate of Smith College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She is a member of the Smith College Board of Trustees.