Urban Excellence Podcast

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In addition to using her gifts, talents, skills, and abilities in creating the OneDegreeofConnections Groups on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, Carolyn A. Simms serves as the Senior Advisor on the Policy Engagement team within the Local Public Affairs department at Southern California Edison (SCE). In this role, Carolyn is responsible for leading both internal and external engagements with SCE’s community partners. She represents the SCE’s Policy Engagement team in the development and delivery of strategies and tactics on major company policy issues and strategies with a focus on leading external engagement strategies for environmentally impacted and low-income communities. She also manages relationships with participants of the Clean Energy Access Working Group. She is a passionate advocate for women empowerment and leadership earning a reputation as a master connector for having helped make connections for hundreds of women based on their professional interests. Carolyn Sims also serves on the board of directors for the Bloom Again Foundation which assists women with rapid response grants to help bridge the gap in their living expenses when they experience a medical situation. She serves on the committee of C-Sweet, a women’s networking group that fosters executive-level relationships among women for business development, collaboration, and expanded career paths.Previously she served on two advisory committees in the entertainment industry: The Actors Fund: Looking Ahead . . . which is an innovative program tailored to help young performers and their families in Southern California and New York City; and . . . the Young Performer Division of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (also known as SAG-AFTRA). Carolyn believes in paying it forward . . . and gives back whenever she can. Her causes include supporting women battling cancer the homeless and housing insecure, as well as mentoring young women to achieve their full potential. At SCE, Carolyn previously served as the president of the company’s African American Employee Resource Group, Networkers . . . and the Women’s Roundtable. She is also a 2018 recipient of the J.K. Horton Humanitarian Award . . . which is a distinction given to employees of SCE . . . for exemplary acts of citizenship or service under emergency conditions. Carolyn A. Sims, earned a Master of Science in Human Resources and a Bachelor of Science in Human Relations and Business from Amberton University. And she is a mom to three adult daughters, Cashawn, Christol, and Carynn, and has been happily married to her husband Shawn for over 28 years. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/UrbanAngel64)

He's an American entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, and prominent thought leader on financial inclusion, economic empowerment, and financial dignity. He’s one of Atlanta Business Chronicle's “Most Admired CEOs”; American Banker Magazine's “Innovator of the Year; Inc. Magazine honorable mention in World’s 10 Top CEOs; Time Magazine 1994- 50 Leaders for the Future; and Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “100 Most Influential Atlantans." He's Founder, Chairman & CEO, Operation Hope, the largest not-for-profit, best-in-class provider of financial literacy, financial inclusion and economic empowerment tools and services in the United States; and Chairman and CEO of Bryant Group Ventures and The Promise Homes Company, the largest for-profit minority-controlled owners of institutional-quality, single-family residential rental homes in the US.He's served as an advisor to the last three sitting United States Presidents, from both political parties and responsible for financial literacy being adopted as actual policy in the U.S. federal government. He's the only private American citizen to inspire the renaming of a building on the White House campus: The U.S. Treasury Annex Building renamed the Freedman's Bank Building, whose legacy became the narrative of the work of Operation HOPE: To help all people in the ‘Invisible Class’ to become fully integrated into our nation’s economy. He inspired a commemorative marker honoring the final flight of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Memphis, Tennessee on April 3, 1968, to be installed at the Memphis International Airport -- 49 years to the day of Dr. King’s final flight on Eastern Airlines Flight 381 from Atlanta. He is a member of the founding class of The Forum of Young Global Leaders, a founding member of the Clinton Global Initiative co-founder of Global Dignity, member of the OECD Expert Network, and member of the World Economic Forum. He is a LinkedIn Influencer, and a contributor to Huffington Post, THRIVE Global, Black Enterprise, and guest co-host for SquawkBox on CNBC.He has received hundreds of awards and citations for his work, including, Oprah Winfrey’s Use Your Life Award and the John Sherman Award for Excellence in Financial Education from the U.S. Department of Treasury. Additionally, JB and Operation HOPE were made a permanent part of the Smithsonian African-American Museum in Washington, DC. and on April 15, 2019, the City of Atlanta City named April 15th John Hope Bryant Day. Links:COVID-19 Resources: https://www.hopeinsidecovid19.org/recoveryWebsite: JohnHopeBryant.comBestselling Books:Pre-Order: Up From Nothing: The Untold Story of How We (All) SucceedThe Memo: Five Rules for Your Economic LiberationHow the Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the Path to the Middle ClassLove Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based WorldSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/UrbanAngel64)