"Dr. Simmons, quite simply, is one of the most brilliant people I have been privileged to work with and certainly among the most energetic and efficient."
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Dr. Starr, former State Librarian
University Professor and
Professor of History
University of Southern California
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"Charlene Simmons is caring and committed to the finest values and causes, smart and strategic, thorough-going and enduring in getting results. I'd employ her again in a minute!"
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California State Senator John Vasconcellos (retired)
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"Your presentation was one of the very few research overviews I have heard that provided the key information without being overwhelming or becoming bogged down in data. It was clear to me that our attendees felt they had gained a much clearer picture of these children."
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Stephanie McGency Washington, Ph.D. MPH, Executive Director
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families
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"Charlene Simmons' excellent report, "Gambling in the Golden State" ... is a document that every reporter who writes about the topic should readily have within reach."
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Dan Morain, Senior Editor
Sacramento Bee
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"Dr. Charlene Simmons was chair of the California Council for the Humanities (CCH) when CCH significantly revised its programmatic focus. Her graceful determination and unerring judgment helped make what could have been a difficult organizational transition a smooth and successful one."
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Dr. Jim Quay, Executive Director
CCH (retired)
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"It was your dynamism, experience, connections, determination, and dedication that was the most critical of all. [The California Labor History Map] would never have materialized without your efficient and dedicated leadership."
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Professor Dan Cornford, Project Historian
California Labor History Map
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