Green Collar Jobs with Guest Simeon Gant

Career Conversations with Stephanie C. Harper...tonight we are talking the new color of jobs...GREEN! Join me and my special Guest Simeon Gant as we discuss where the new jobs are and how you can get them! Simeon Gant is a director of Green Technical Education and and Employment and a research, policy and marketing consultant for the California Black Chamber of Commerce. He is formerly a public information officer for First 5 California, a statewide early child development program administered by the California Children and Families Commission. Prior to his civil service duties, Simeon spent 14 years working as a policy consultant, district director and press secretary to various California State Legislators in the Senate and Assembly. He most recently served as a legislative advocate for the California NAACP and the Drug Policy Alliance Network. He is a published freelance writer appearing in the Sacramento Observer Newspaper, Today’s Supervisor Magazine (ACSS) and J’ADORE Magazine. Simeon has two daughters, Yahcarah and Zora. www.greentecheduation.org