Cathy Simon is an American architect.[1] She is known for her adaptive reuse and urban design projects, many of which are in the Bay area.[2] She is currently[as of?] a design principal at Perkins and Will.[3] She was one of five founding partners of the influential female-owned firm SMWM (Simon Martin-Vegue Winkelstein Moris), based in San Francisco.[4][5] She and Martin-Vengue have spent more than 18 years "building one of the nation's largest women-owned firms."[6] She has worked on major projects including the conversion of the San Francisco Ferry building, the San Francisco Main Library, the renovation of PG&E's San Francisco headquarters, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.[7]
Simon is a graduate of Wellesley College and Harvard University's Graduate School of Design.[2]