ABOUT

Tonya is an international Executive Coach and Leadership  Consultant.  She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credentialed by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) of which she is a Director of the Professional Coaches Global Board and Past President of the ICF Georgia Chapter.  Tonya holds Certified Professional Coach (CPC) and Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP) certifications through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) where she is also a faculty member as Lead Trainer and Mentor Coach for the coach training program.  Also, Tonya's writing has been featured in several publications, including Forbes and HuffPost.

Selected by the ICF as a 2020 Coach of the week, Tonya was also named by LinkedIn as one of the standout Executive Coaches of the year for 2016 and 2017. She is also a faculty member for the American Management Association delivering seminars on leadership development,  a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, and an Affiliate Member, Institute of Coaching, McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School Affiliate. In addition, Tonya is a member of the TED Fellows Coaching Team helping the TED Fellows clarify and execute their professional and personal missions.

Tonya has over 25 years of experience in corporate management, digital/traditional media, technology, coaching, leadership development, and finance.  She is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in Business Administration in addition to her graduate studies at Gonzaga University and Northwestern.  Tonya utilizes her diverse background and experience to help leaders and organizations achieve their professional and personal goals. 

An avid traveler, Tonya has had the opportunity to encounter, experience, and appreciate many different people and cultures from all over the world, and strongly believes that anyone can design their life as they choose and step into leadership with confidence and purpose.ing