Bria McDaniel is a Talent Leader and Career Strategist with over 12 years of experience shaping hiring strategy, advising executives, and building high-performing teams across tech, consulting, healthcare, nonprofit, and corporate environments. Throughout her career, she has partnered with leadership teams to design talent strategies, evaluate executive and mid-level professionals, and influence how organizations identify and develop top performers. Having reviewed thousands of resumes and led hiring across multiple functions, Bria understands how decisions around compensation, promotion, and leadership readiness are actually made. Her work sits at the intersection of workforce strategy and career mobility. As someone who navigated corporate environments where she was often the only one in the room, Bria developed a strategic lens on power, positioning, and influence inside organizations. She studied how certain professionals accelerated into leadership while others remained overlooked — and built practical frameworks around what separates the two. She founded Token Career Paths to equip ambitious professionals, particularly Black and Brown talent, with the strategy and insight typically reserved for decision-makers. Through coaching, digital resources, and speaking engagements, she teaches professionals how to:

• Position for leadership before the title

• Increase income intentionally

• Navigate corporate dynamics strategically

• Access non-traditional, high-paying career paths

• Build long-term career leverage

Bria has coached over 100 professionals, with more than 70% advancing into six-figure roles. Her approach is structured, direct, and grounded in real hiring insight — helping clients think like insiders, not just applicants. Her mission is to make leadership access and economic mobility strategic, not accidental.