Toni Graves Williamson is a nationally recognized diversity practitioner and consultant, now serving as the Assistant Head of School for Equity and Inclusion at Abington Friends School in suburban Philadelphia.  Toni specializes in developing student leadership and programming for grades PK - 12.  Toni is a founding faculty member of the National Diversity Practitioners Institute, and she has served on the faculty of the Student Diversity Leadership Conference.  She co-founded the Mid-Atlantic Region Diversity Conference and has served on the executive committee of the White Privilege Conference.  Using her knowledge of organizational change management, she conducts diversity climate studies and trains educators in cultural competency and institutional strategic planning. Toni is a lead facilitator for the Race Institute for K-12 Educators and a member of the creative team of the Multicultural Resource Center at the Association for Delaware Valley Independent Schools.  Additionally as a long time Friends schools educator, Toni provides professional development opportunities for Quaker schools through a partnership with the Friends Council on Education.  Toni recently completed a fellowship for the Program in Education at Duke University that focused on Education through the Lens of Social Justice. She holds a bachelors degree from Duke University in Political Science and a Masters of Education degree from Columbia University.  ​