Tokie Laotan-Brown (author)

Author, Motivational Speaker, Budget Coach, PhD Scholar/Researcher, Cultural Economist and an Environmental Architectural Technologist

Tokie laotan-brown

Tokie has written"10 steps to Managing your household budget" to support families from across the diaspora to improve their money management and budgeting skills.

Tokie currently works as a property manager and as a consultant in the housing sector, as an environmental architectural technologist. With a background in Sustainable Construction and Architectural Technology, she hopes to travel extensively to Africa, Central and North America, and Central and Eastern Europe to study how environmentally sensitive homes and communities are affected during pre and post occupancy periods.

Tokie is an associate member of International Network of Traditional Building Architecture &  Urbanism (INTBAU), the Black Designers Showcase in America (BIDS), Construction Industry of Builders (CIOB) in Ireland, Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologist (CIAT) UK and UK-Green Building Council.
In June 2004, Tokie was an independent candidate for the local elections in Galway.

Tokie was a Mayor Awards nominee in 2005 and An Image Awards Nominee in 2007.
Tokie’s portrait was commissioned along with 11 other women for a Calendar as one of the most influential women in Galway in 2006. This was done for the Galway Rape Crisis Centre.

She has also worked on various housing projects within the Galway city council as a spatial policy committee member from 2004 to 2007.
Tokie currently resides with her husband and 3 kids in Athenry, Galway.



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