Antoinette (Toni) La Belle

Toni joined Knology’s board in 2022. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the ESG Center of The Conference Board and Senior Advisor at JUST Capital, having retired in December 2019 as its COO. Prior to JUST Capital, Toni was Co-President of Growth Philanthropy Network/Social Impact Exchange; she is now on the board. She is also on the board of the Innovative Resource Center for Human Resources. She spent most of her career working in the areas of organization development, strategic business, and human capital strategies, and change management initiatives. Toni concluded her corporate career in 2007 as a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers to enter a doctoral program at Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management and to continue her civic engagement endeavors which span serving on nonprofit boards since 2003 and serving as an arbitrator with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Toni’s doctoral research was a comparison study of the professional and situational influences on nonprofit leaders’ effectiveness; articles based on her research have been featured by The Bridgespan Group and Board Source. Toni is drawn to Knology’s mission and work and is excited to contribute her resources and expertise to Knology’s systems change initiatives on complex social issues confronting society today.