Jordyne Blaise, Esq., (C’06, L’10) is a renowned diversity, inclusion, and equity consultant, strategist, and public speaker. She is the current head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for bluebird bio, a global biotech company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and runs her own private consulting firm that provides coaching, training and strategic planning services to organizations seeking to build or bolster their diversity programs.  

Blaise has been published nationally as a leading scholar-activist in the areas of civil rights, Black feminist legal and social theory, and intersectionality. Her contributions have been featured in The Atlantic, TIME, and Essence. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in English and her Juris Doctor from Georgetown. A native of Miami, Florida, Blaise currently resides in Raleigh, NC with her partner Robert and dog Dade.