E. Denise Simmons

E. Denise Simmons, a lifelong Cambridge resident, is serving her 12th term on the City Council and her third term as Mayor. She previously served on the Cambridge School Committee in the 1990s and as Executive Director of the Cambridge Civic Unity Committee in the 1980s. She earned a Bachelor of Science from UMass Boston and a Master's degree from Antioch College. Simmons is also a small business owner, having established the Cambridgeport Insurance Agency in 1982.