Din Tolbert

2022-2023 Towards 2040 Creative Leaders Fellow

Din E. Tolbert has more than a way with words. He has a guiding purpose for them. As a youth and young adult development professional with twenty years of experience, he structures programs, teaches workshops, contributes to think tanks and mentors emerging leaders throughout the country, all with a focus on ordering and honoring the public and private parts of the individual. To encounter Din is to be encouraged towards excellence and authenticity.

Din is a proud #girldad and a proponent of lifelong learning - a graduate of Cornell University (2004) and Union Theological Seminary (2011) - who loves to dive into the worlds of different people and pick up new passions and proficiencies along the way. He is a former Division 1 basketball recruit, poet, songwriter, cooking enthusiast, Sudoku wiz, and audiophile.