Simone Joye Eford

Simone Joye Eford is a visionary, charismatic social entrepreneur and public speaker with a history of nonprofit leadership in New York, New Jersey and Georgia.

Simone is a million-dollar fundraiser, three-time executive director and the founder of two nonprofits—The National Association of Nonprofit Professionals (nanpp.org) and Young People Matter (YPM), an organization which provided emergency shelter and services to homeless, runaway and sexually-exploited young people in Atlanta.

As a nonprofit and media communications consultant, Simone has worked with a myriad of nonprofits, elected officials, entertainers and individuals including: PSE&G, Radio One Atlanta, Boys & Girls Clubs, the YWCA of Greater New York, along with the governments of Bermuda and Ghana.

Simone has also served as a board member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and as an advisory board member of the Roddy White Foundation.

For her commitment to helping others she has received numerous awards and accolades including the:

• Humanitarian of the Year Award from the

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• Norman Borlaug/MedAssets Humanitarian Award

• US House of Representatives’ Special Congressional Recognition by Congressman Hank Johnson

• Georgia Outstanding Citizen Award – Secretary of State

• Be Greater Award-United Way/SunTrust/Atlanta Hawks

• Thomas C. Wilson Youth Services Award-NAACP DeKalb

• Woman of the Year-Zeta Phi Beta Sorority

• Outstanding Print Journalist-Hunter College/CUNY

• Scholarship awards: NABJ and the New York Association of Black Journalists.