Tony Gaston
CurtisLafayette LLC
Tony Gaston is the founder of CurtisLafayette LLC, a boutique workforce strategy and partnership consulting firm built on more than 22 years of experience at the intersection of employer engagement, workforce development, and equity-centered systems change. The firm's name carries personal meaning: Curtis is Tony's middle name, and Lafayette is the Brooklyn street he grew up near, a deliberate signal that this work is rooted in lived experience, not just professional pedigree.
At CurtisLafayette LLC, Tony partners with mission-driven nonprofits, employers, and public sector organizations to turn bold workforce ideas into practical, measurable strategies. The firm's services span learning and development program design, AI readiness, apprenticeship and workforce strategy advisory, employer partnership development, program design labs, and stakeholder alignment, offering clients the enterprise-level thinking of a large firm with the relationship depth and equity commitment that only a practitioner-led boutique can deliver.
