Toby Thompkins

How I See It… (www.TobyThompkins.com)
Toby Thompkins
Mr. Thompkins is a speaker, blogger, author, social justice activist and executive coach. In his blog, How I See It… , Toby shares his thought about leadership, culture, social justice, innovation, creativity, managing change and the future. He has over 30 years’ of experience working across corporate, for-profit, nonprofit, government and international development sectors as a senior level executive and organizational development consultant. As a leadership coach, Toby has worked in the USA and internationally with a broad range of leaders including CEOs, Heads of State, philanthropists, country managers and grassroots activists, advocates, artists and musicians.
While living and working in Ghana he led a USAID public private partnership to empower local mining families and communities to effectively respond to the consequences of surfacing gold mining in impacted villages. He also moonlighted as the Africa correspondent for Ebony/Jet magazines where he covered President Obama’s historic visit to Ghana.
He is a lover all forms of creative cultural, artistic and musical expression. Toby’s passions include food, jazz, exotic plants, and he has a soft spot for big dogs who think they are little. Toby possesses an M.P.A. and undergraduate degree in psychology and political science and lives in Manhattan, New York.