LA Communications Group

Strategic communications consulting for nonprofit, education, corporate and government clients.

About the Business

LA Communications Group is a strategic communications consultancy serving nonprofit, education, government, and corporate clients. We help mission-driven organizations solve a problem that program work alone can't fix: the people who need them most often don't know they exist.

Our approach starts with diagnosis, not tactics. We identify the real communications gap, then build strategy around it, from messaging and media relations to campaign development and stakeholder engagement. We work as an embedded strategic partner, not a vendor executing a checklist.

LA Communications Group exists because organizations doing critical work deserve communications support built by people who understand their sector, not agencies translating corporate playbooks for a nonprofit budget.

LaWanda Toney

I'm the Founder, President and CEO of LA Communications Group (LACG), a strategic communications consultancy based in the Washington, DC metro area. I work with nonprofit, education, and government clients who need more than a communications vendor: they need a strategic partner who understands their sector from the inside.

I bring 25+ years of senior communications experience, including serving as Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Communications at the U.S. Department of Education and over 12 years as Director of Strategic Communications at National PTA. I hold an M.A. in Communications from Trinity University and a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Howard University.

I launched LACG in early 2025 after two decades inside mission-driven institutions, betting that organizations doing important work often struggle not because their programs fail, but because the people who need them never learn they exist. That thesis now drives my client work. In just over a year, LACG has grown to multiple retainer clients and a 2026 revenue target of $300,000, built on the belief that great communications strategy is the lever, not an afterthought.

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