Leveraging expertise in digital innovation and new media strategy to empower today's small business leaders and cooperatives. As a Consulting Member of Columinate.Coop and Co-Executive Director for the Georgia Cooperative Development Center, Simons is committed to transforming cooperative businesses through strategic insights and cutting-edge solutions to foster their sustainable growth. A versatile leader and management professional with over a decade of experience working in/with grassroots and corporate communities and clients – harnessing expertise in communications, broadcast media, digital transformation, and marketing for women, BIPOC, and cooperative development. Skilled in strategic innovation, partnerships, storytelling, and distribution across diverse channels and platforms, management and internal teams to implement comprehensive marketing and engagement strategies, business automation, digital transformation coaching, and empowerment for women and BIPOC business owners. I continuously build, expand, and manage media contacts and relationships – producing exciting brand content, engaging campaigns, and high-impact digital media promotions to drive meaningful triple-bottom-line impact.