Janea Sims McDonald is enrolled in the human capital development PhD program at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she also received her master’s degree in workforce training and development. She is the owner of Edge Consulting, LLC, a human
capital development consulting company. She has over 15 years of human resource-related experience. McDonald is also a certified HR professional (PHR) through the Society for Human Resource Management as well as a certified training professional through the Jack and Patti Phillips Workplace Learning and Performance Institute at The University of
Southern Mississippi. In addition to owning her own business, she also teaches at William Carey University and serves as a graduate assistant in the human capital development department of Southern Miss.