Sally Blount
Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University

Sally Blount became dean of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University on July 15, 2010.

Dean Blount, an internationally recognized expert in the fields of negotiation and behavioral decision-making, has more than 20 years of experience in higher education. In addition, she has significant experience incorporating international and social impact perspectives into business education.

Dean Blount received her Ph.D. in management and organizations from Kellogg in 1992 after earning a joint bachelor’s degree from Princeton University’s engineering and Woodrow Wilson schools in 1983.

From 1992 to 2001, Dean Blount was on the faculty of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where she was consistently one of the most highly rated MBA and executive education professors. Earlier in her career, she worked as a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group.

In 2001, Dean Blount joined New York University’s Stern School of Business, where from 2004 to 2010 she served as the dean of its undergraduate college and vice dean of the school. At NYU, she was the Abraham L. Gitlow Professor of Management and Organizations and also held an affiliated appointment at the Wagner School of Public Service. In 2007, she was appointed by NYU’s president and provost as their special adviser for global academic integration.

Dean Blount is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, The Chicago Network and The Economic Club of Chicago. She serves on the board of directors at Abbott Laboratories and on advisory boards for the Chicago Innovation Awards and the Aspen Institute's Business and Society Program. She also sits on the HKUST Business School Advisory Board Council, the Fundação Dom Cabral International Advisory Council, and the Indian School of Business Governing Board.