Toni Buckley President (she/her) is a higher education administrator and storyteller with commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion with Syrian-German roots. Toni is currently the President of WAM’s Board of Directors and is serving her third year with WAM. Toni’s professional and volunteer experience has always been at the intersection of art and activism. Her background as a professional photographer, experience running programs like the Berkshire Immigrant Stories and Road Scholar, and her current role as the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Berkshire Community College, led to her involvement with WAM on a deeper level. Toni has previously served on the NAACP – Berkshire Branch’s Executive Committee, the Pittsfield Human Rights Commission, the MASS MoCA Community Advisory Network, the Steering Committee of the Four Freedoms Coalition, the Berkshire Leadership Impact Council, and other nonprofits, arts, and community organizations. In 2020, Toni was awarded one of 40 Under Forty young professionals who make a difference in Berkshire County. She is finishing up her second master’s degree, this one in Management of Nonprofits and Cultural Organizations. After six years of living in the United States, Toni is ready to find a beautiful house deep in the woods in Berkshire County where she can turn into a “real New Englander” and live happily ever after with her husband, her baby, and her two cats.