About
Omari Scott Simmons is a leading expert in corporate governance and higher education policy and the executive director of an award-winning nonprofit organization.
Omari Scott Simmons researches, writes, and lectures on issues of business relevance to corporate leaders facing the changing role of corporations in contemporary society.
For over a quarter century, Simmons has also served the Executive Director and Co-founder of the Simmons Memorial Foundation (SMF), an award-winning nonprofit organization that provides a range of college access-related services to vulnerable students. An organizational case study of SMF is captured in his book Potential on the Periphery: College Access from the Ground Up (Rutgers Univ. Press).