Toni Simmons Henson

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Toni Simmons Henson, currently serves as the first African-American Executive Director of the Southeastern Theatre Conference. The SETC is 73 years strong and is the broadest network of theatre practitioners in the United States.

She is also spoken word poet, best-selling author, public speaker, and serial entrepreneur. She has over 30 years of expertise in business development, entertainment production, and marketing. Henson has launched and operated three franchises and four businesses in her career, most notably, the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival, Black Family Table Talk Podcast/Blog, Black Theatre TV, and ABTF Travels. She is a graduate of New York University (MPA) and Howard University (BBA) and earned Executive Certificates in Non-profit Management and Women in Leadership.

As a public speaker and spoken word artist, Toni X has performed and presented from her best-selling book, Let It Go: Queens Gotta S***, Too! in New York City, Paris, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Accra, Ghana.