Our Next Speaker

Toby Vernon, Executive Director of Richmond ToolBank

Toby Vernon serves as Executive Director at Richmond ToolBank where he weaves elements of his training in environmental science, urban planning, and community design into his nonprofit management practice. For nearly 15 years, Toby has helped shape Richmond communities & landscapes through an environment-centered design approach to placemaking and land management.

When he’s not at work evangelizing for ToolBank’s mission, Toby’s usually taking an outdoor adventure, cooking something he’s grown, or learning a new skill that reminds him he definitely doesn’t know it all (right now it’s a slow uptake in the piano, btw).