Stacy Blake-Beard is a clinical professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, where she instructs on the topics of managing organizations and mentoring as a developmental process. Prior to joining Tuck, Stacy was affiliated with several academic institutions including Simmons University’s School of Business and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. At Simmons, she was a full professor who taught organizational leadership and mentoring as a leadership strength and served as the 2016-2019 Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Chair of Women and Leadership. At Harvard, she served on the faculty of the Graduate School of Education as an assistant professor, sharing her knowledge on organizational behavior and the mentoring of relationships across difference social identities. Stacy’s work with academic institutions has taken her as far as India, where she was a member of the visiting faculty at both the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad and the Vedica Scholars Programme for Women in Delhi.
Stacy’s academic research is centered on the challenges and opportunities offered by mentoring relationships and how these relationships may be changing because of increasing workforce diversity. She is particularly interested in the issues women face as they develop mentoring relationships, as well as the dynamics of formal mentoring programs in both corporate and educational settings. Having worked overseas, Stacy also researches and practices in international contexts, drawing from her global experiences to inform her work.
A renowned scholar, consultant, speaker, mentor, and coach, Stacy continues to explore new avenues for sharing her knowledge beyond the academic world. Most recently, she’s collaborated with Tuck Executive Education and ExecOnline Partners, where her expertise on the topic of Managing Visibility has been adapted for the online program platform. She was also a speaker in the multicultural mentoring series sponsored by the International Mentoring Association and the Voice & Influence video series sponsored by The Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University.
Stacy’s research on gender, diversity, and mentoring has appeared in a wide range of publications, including the Journal of Career Development, the Academy of Management Executive, the Psychology of Women Quarterly, the Journal of Management Development, the Journal of Business Ethics, the Human Resource Management Journal and The Diversity Factor. Stacy is also coeditor of both the Handbook of Research on Promoting Women’s Careers and Mentoring Diverse Leaders: Creating Change for People, Processes and Paradigms.
Stacy has been the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including awards from the National Science Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Robert Toigo Foundation. She is a past recipient of the Fulbright Award, which she received for her project “Systems of Sustenance and Support: Exploring the Impact of Mentoring on the Career Experiences of Indian Women” in partnership with the Center for Leadership, Innovation and Change at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad.
Stacy sits on the advisory boards of several organizations, including MentorNet, Teen Voices, the Harvard Project on Tenure, the Harvard Medical School Center for the Study of Diversity in Science, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Boston Women of Color Group. She has also served as a representative for the board of governors for the Academy of Management.
Stacy has conducted seminars and consulted on a wide range of topics, including:
Stacy’s diverse list of clients includes Infosys, Dell EMC, Hewlett Packard, Jobs for the Future, The Partnership, Inc., IBM, Cisco, The Robert Toigo Foundation, Bank of America, Chase Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Swissôtel, PepsiCo, Goldman Sachs, Intel, Linkage, Inc., AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly and Company, Boston Chamber of Commerce, Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), The Conference Board, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Cambridge Hospital, Boston University, Connecticut College, University of Connecticut, University of Michigan, University of Texas, University of Pennsylvania, Northeastern University, University of California, Harvard University, Boston Public School District, The PhD Project, International Mentoring Association, The Compact for Faculty Diversity, , and Working Mother Media.
Stacy holds an MA and a PhD in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan and a BS in psychology from the University of Maryland at College Park. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her extended family including her husband, children, and grandchildren. She is an expert backgammon player and a devoted world traveler. Stacy has visited six of the seven continents and plans to visit the seventh—Antarctica!—to round out her mission one day.
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