Sep 24, 2020
Toni Purvis began her career on Wall Street in Equities at Goldman Sachs, after which she began her own professional development and leadership consulting business. Working with the major consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton landed her in the Washington DC area, and, also, the opportunity to expand her career to include higher education.
She worked as the Assistant Director of Career Coaching at George Washington University, and then as Associate Director of Student Engagement at the GW School of Business, providing professional coaching to graduate students and alumni in both roles.
More recently, Toni managed multiple career development programs for Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a non-profit organization focused on increasing ethnic diversity in business sectors. There, she planned, implemented, and executed customized programming for major companies like Google, JP Morgan Chase, American Express, Twitter, American Airlines, LinkedIn, Clorox, Target, KIPP, among others.
Leveraging more than a decade of experience of designing programs and training professionals, Toni launched Paradigm One LLC, a company that specializes in career coaching, etiquette consulting, and executive presence development for young professionals. She sincerely believes it is about making a “paradigm shift” in confidence to see yourself as the “one” for your perfect opportunity.
Toni graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from Spelman College. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Christian Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary, and an MBA from George Washington University. Her hobbies include dancing, volunteering, serving as a mentor, and spending time with her family and friends.
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