Consultant and Assistant Professor
Georgetown University

Tanya M. Odom, Ed.M. is a highly regarded consultant, facilitator, trainer, teacher, speaker and coach. She has conducted hundreds of workshops for adults and youth in the United States and around the world. She is the co-author of „Evaluation in the Field of Education for Democracy, Human Rights and Tolerance”. She is also the diversity columnist for Diversity Woman magazine. Ms. Odom works with schools, universities, and corporations
in the United States and Europe with the aim to address diversity issues and create sustainable change. She is also the Director of Innovation and Social Media with The FutureWork Institute. In this capacity she has worked with many Fortune 100 companies in their Diversity and Inclusion efforts. Ms. Odom has a passion for working on issues regarding educational equity. She has worked with schools and school districts around the world on issues including: diversity, strategic planning, leadership, creating safe and inclusive learning environments, etc. She has spoken on issues of race and multiculturalism on Newstalk Television cable show and HOT-97 radio program. Her work, research and commentary have been mentioned in Fortune Magazine, The Daily News, and the Village Voice. She has appeared on a program for IDTV, an online diversity education vehicle and Diversity Matters, an Internet radio show.Tanya has traveled extensively, has lived and/or worked in 20 countries and is fluent in Spanish.
Ms. Odom has been involved in the European Union’s projects focusing on bias, discrimina- tion, bigotry and tolerance. She served as a delegate to the World Conference against Racism in South Africa. She is currently on the faculty of the new Human Resources Management program at Georgetown University. Ms. Odom has taught at Princeton University in the Junior Summer Institute.
She has also been an adjunct professor at Manhattanville College, where she taught graduate courses in the areas of Diversity, Leadership, and Team Development. She has also taught a course at the Center for Conflict Resolution at the University of Capetown in South Africa. Ms. Odom is the Vice President for Strategic Planning on the Board of Directors of the Vassar College Alumni Association. Tanya is the first female President of the Board of Directors of Townsend Harris High School at Queens College. She is also a member of the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Alumni Council. She is currently working on a book with civil rights activist Mel King. Ms. Odom has a Masters degree in Education from Harvard University. She received her B.A. in Anthropology/Sociology with a minor in Women’s Studies from Vassar College.