About Nicole

Nicole B. Simpson is a Certified Financial Planner® practitioner with almost 17 years of experience in the securities industry. As a financial professional with an extensive operational background, she specializes in comprehensive financial planning, including portfolio management, retirement planning and tax liability reduction strategies. Simpson also specializes in evaluating insurance needs, assessing financial vulnerabilities, and estate planning. She is one of only 500+ African American CFP® certificants out of the 50,000-plus worldwide, according to the College for Financial Planners Board of Standards.

Between 2001 and 2004, Simpson educated students in the New Jersey school system regarding the fundamentals of financial planning and investing. Schools in East Orange, Newark, Jersey City, and Plainfield have adopted her educational platform into their curriculum. She also works with incarcerated women, helping them to identify their gifts and talents and create a plan of action to use upon their release from prison.

In 2003, she published her first book, “Planning for a Reason, a Season, and a Lifetime” (1stBooks Library), where she drew upon her experience as a World Trade Center survivor, mother, and wife in order to encourage readers to take control of their finances and prepare for unexpected events. In 2008 Simpson released her second book, The Ultimate Plan: A Financial Survival Guide for Life’s Unexpected Events, a revised and updated edition of her first book that focuses more on disaster planning. Along with the book, Simpson has developed a corresponding workshop designed to assist individuals with the necessary steps to ensure financial stability during difficult times in their lives.

In addition to working with churches and various community organizations, Simpson is the host of The Power of Gospel radio show, broadcasts on WRSU 88.7 FM and WWZN 1510 The Zone and heard in several east coast states. She’s also the host The Power of Gospel, a weekly television program that airs on Cablevision in New Jersey. Simpson has been a guest on several radio and television shows and featured in several magazines and newspapers, including Black Enterprise Magazine, The Love Express and Newark Star-Ledger newspapers, Money Matters with Lynn Doyle, UPN 9’s Black Experience, Comcast Newsmakers on CN8, BET.com, Keeping it Real with Reverend Al Sharpton, and on the award-winning Open Line on WRKS 98.7, just to name a few.

Simpson is a highly sought after speaker and has shared her expertise with many organizations and at several events, including Fireside Chat with Bishop Noel Jones, Bishop TD Jake’s MegaFEST International, the Hampton’s Ministers Conference, Black Church Means Business conference, Diamonds and Pearls conference, PSE&G Minority Exchange Regional conference, National Coalition of 100 Black Women conference, and the Columbia University’s Get Connected Youth conference.

Simpson lives in Union County, N.J., with her husband and two children.