Beverley is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of AboutWisdom™, an empowerment business for women and girls and an internationally recognized speaker who teaches women to discover their innate wisdom and inner beauty. Her vision is bringing wisdom into the world through the hearts of women and girls. Bev climbed the corporate ladder from a sales rep to chief operating officer of a multi-million dollar cosmetic firm and holds title of 1989 "Business Woman of the Year" in L.A., CA. Her speaking appearances include Fortune 500 companies, churches, Universities coast to coast. Award-winning and twice-published author, doll designer, minister, successful entrepreneur & independent scholar.
Specialties
Speaker, Trainer, Life Coach, Award-winning author, Entrepreneur, Ordained Minister
Experience
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Board Member, Imagine Schools, Fort Wayne, IN, 2011 – Present
Founder, Chief Creative Officer and Board Chair – AboutWisdom™, 1999 – Present
Vol. Fundraising Committee Member – Girl Scouts of Indiana-Michiana Council, 2008
Director and Executive Committee – Television PBS Chanel 39, 2006 – 2007
Director – DuPont Women’s Research Center, 2003 – 2004
Director – Family Reconnect Community Program, 2003
Volunteer Finance Committee Member – YWCA, 2002
Interim CEO – IonU.net, Inc., 2000 – 2001
Interim CEO – Tutornet, Inc., 1999 – 2000
Keynote Speaker, Seminar Leader and Consultant – CareerTrack, 1992 – 1994
Founder and President – Beverley Toney-Walter Seminars, Inc., 1991 – 1999
General Manager and COO – Cambridge Direct Sales Int’l, 1990 – 1991
Sales, Mktg, and Fin. Consultant – Bielinkski, Walter, & Southworth, 1989 – 1990
Executive Vice President and COO – Nutri-Metic Int’l, Inc., 1982 – 1988
Honors and Awards
Brilliant Woman of the Year, Boys and Girls Club, 2012
Cambridge Who’s Who Registry of Executives, Professionals, and Entrepreneurs, 09-10
Women Entrepreneur Leadership Recognition Award, NE IN Innovation Center, 09
Athena Award Nominee, Indiana's Business, 2006
Who's Who of American Women, 1990
The World Who's Who of Women, 1990
International Leaders in Achievement, 1990
Business Woman of the Year, Los Angeles, CA – 1989 through 1990
