Executive Director

Dr. Jill Simons is a Board-Certified Pediatrician. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School and completed residency, also at the University of Wisconsin. As a resident she was involved in child advocacy issues and co-authored papers on Fitness for Youth, and Child and Infant Car Restraint Safety. She was in private practice in Minnesota until becoming Executive director of The American College of Pediatricians.

Dr. Simons served several years as Chairman of Pediatrics for Mercy and Unity Hospitals from and helped establish the hospitals’ NICU and pediatric trauma programs. She was voted Top Doc by Mpls, St. Paul magazine.

Dr. Simons is a Fellow of the American College of Pediatricians. Dr. Simons is also Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and has been a member of the Section on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics as well as the section on Bioethics. Dr. Simons is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. She has been a medical consultant on several books regarding infant and child healthy sleep.