Background
Durden-Simmons, Gwendolyn Marie was born in New Orleans. Daughter of Richard Elmer and Viola (Gardiner) Durden.
Durden-Simmons, Gwendolyn Marie was born in New Orleans. Daughter of Richard Elmer and Viola (Gardiner) Durden.
Associate of Arts, Delgado College, New Orleans, l968; Bachelor of Science, Trenton State College, l973; Master of Education, Trenton State College, l975.
Secretary, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, New Orleans, l966-67; teacher, Trenton (New Jersey) Public Schools, l973-75; educational sales representative, Houghton Mifflin Company, Hopewell, New Jersey, l978; district sales manager business education, Houghton Mifflin Company, Hopewell, New Jersey, l979-84; business education sales manager secondary business, Houghton Mifflin Company, Princeton, New Jersey, since 1985. Advisor New York City Business Education Association, l980-87, Trenton Administrative Management Committee, l988-.
Member International Society Business Education, National Association Business Education, National Alliance Black Educators, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAFE, Delta Pi Epsilon.
Married Paul Ronald Simmons, August 28, 1982.