Katoya Palmer founded ToyBox Consulting & Management in 2008. She is an operations consultant and fractional COO (chief operating officer) with 20+ years of leadership across sectors.
20+ years. 10 City of Seattle consultant rosters. 3 Washington State Department of Commerce appointments.
Katoya Palmer has held a Section 8 housing voucher. She has also been the COO of a $12M organization. That range helps her see risk early.
As COO of a $12M nonprofit with 80+ staff, she rebuilt five core systems at once during a crisis: finance, HR (human resources), IT (information technology), grants and communications. See the $12M nonprofit case study.
“Inclusion is not charity. It is infrastructure.”
Selected in 10 categories (Small Business class), including HR, project management and communications. Term: December 2025 to December 2030.
Seattle-King Local Advisory Team ($7M community reinvestment) and two grant evaluator roles. All active in 2026.
Peer-selected to present “Beyond Compliance Theater.” See the workshop toolkit.
CompTIA Project+ (IT project management). Intuit QuickBooks Online Certified User (2026). B.S. Business–Marketing, Western Governors University.
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (2024).
The Seattle Medium's Best of the Best Northwest 2026.
Katoya Palmer serves on four boards: Bellevue Chamber of Commerce (Board of Directors), SplashForward, The Sophia Way and KEEP (founding board member). In 2022 she co-founded Together We End Gun Violence.
“What I'm really good at is helping other folks figure out what's missing.”
Katoya Palmer, on All My Friends Are Dope, Converge Media, 2026
What happens on the call: 30 minutes with Katoya Palmer, a read on fit and clear next steps. No pitch.
Serving Seattle, King County and Washington since 2008. Based in Bellevue, WA.
