Establishing herself in the Dallas Fort-Worth Metroplex after moving from Franklin, Louisiana, Edora sought work and hoped for the day she might further her education. After working a few jobs, Edora began to look for something more promising. Through prayer and faith, she secured a role that allowed her to grow both personally and professionally. Edora has spent more than 30 years in the financial services industry, eighteen of those years supporting regulatory compliance initiatives and five years of risk mitigation. As a Compliance Director, she led project initiatives supporting regulatory, operational, and reputational risk across firms.
Edora received her undergraduate degree in Leadership Development from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and a Master of Business Administration from Texas Woman’s University. Some of her accomplishments include leading her team during change and revising the team charter, led her team in the development of a new risk assessments and testing program, led the development of a Governance, Risk and Compliance tool, supported General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) launch as the project lead, and led an end-to-end User Acceptance Testing Strategy for an eCommunications technology application. While rules and regulations guide her profession, Edora is just as passionate about serving people and communities. She has served as the professional development lead for an Employee Resource Group, as well as mentored associates to offer guidance in reaching personal and professional goals.
Let’s Dig Deeper
Let’s Dig Deeper
Edora founded Cups, Jars, and Vessels, a non-profit organization focused on financial literacy. Through the organization, Edora and her team help individuals increase their financial knowledge on planning and budgeting finances. Aligned with her own personal goals, Edora has also co-facilitated Educator Personal Financial Literacy Workshops, sponsored in partnership with the Council for Economic Education.
The name, Cups, Jars, and Vessels, was birthed through the act of giving. Edora is known to find a cause or purpose and to pour her resources and/or time. First, Edora began supporting a small business each year. Her thought was that if she supported others, then one day, when she had her own business, others might pay it forward. After one particular act of service, she had a conversation with a friend who shared a thought that hit Edora like a lightning bolt: “That’s what God has called us to do – to be the jar, the cup, or vessel that pours.” Instantly, Edora knew exactly what her non-profit should be called: Cups, Jars, and Vessels.
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6 PM Prayers
6 PM Prayers
6 PM Prayers: Praying Through Life’s Circumstances is a prayer journal that speaks to the heart and provides a balm for the troubled soul. Full of deep wisdom and a bedrock faith, Edora Butler’s personal stories read as the powerful sermons they are, reinforcing the comforting fact that we are never alone. She encourages each reader to develop and strengthen their personal relationship with God through prayer, and offers heartfelt examples to lead the reader through their own intentional prayers. This journal is designed to be uplifting in some of the hardest areas of life, including submitting our will to God, forgiveness, mercy, and restoration, and includes scriptures that show just how much God loves us during these times. Each entry has space to write down personal reflection and answers to prayers, ready to form a long-lasting record of how much God poured out his blessings on his faithful children.
