Blount is a 1992 graduate (with a PhD in management and organizations) of the Kellogg School who became its dean in 2010. From 2004-2010 she was dean of the undergraduate college and vice dean of New York University's Stern School of Business, which she joined in 2001. At NYU she was also the Abraham L. Gillow Professor of Management and Organizations. From 1992-2001 she served on the faculty of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Prior to her career in academia, she was a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group.