Mathylde Frontus

Dr. Mathylde Frontus is the Founder and Principal of Avant-Garde Consulting and Avant-Garde Behavioral Health Resources. Through her firms, she partners with nonprofit organizations across New York City to provide management consulting, board development, staff training, and professional development workshops.

Dr. Frontus brings more than 25 years of experience in social work, having founded and led multiple organizations and coalitions. Her career spans micro, mezzo, and macro practice, including her recent role as a New York State Assemblymember from November 2018 to December 2022 (D-46). During her tenure, she served on six committees including Aging, Mental Health, and Children & Families, and was the first Chair of the Minority Mental Health Subcommittee.

Dr. Frontus earned her BSW and MSW from the New York University Silver School of Social Work, an M.A. in Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University, an M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from the Columbia School of Social Work, where she specialized in Social Policy and Administration.

She currently serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at NYU Silver, where she has developed and taught courses including Advocacy and Social Justice and Political Social Work for Advocacy and Social Change. She also teaches Social Welfare Policy and Advocacy in Social Work Practice at the Columbia School of Social Work.