Editing Barbara Simons (section)

=== Other work ===
Simons helped found the Reentry Program for Women and Minorities at U.C. Berkeley in the Computer Science Department.<ref name=":4" /> She also serves on the boards of the Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC) and the Berkeley Foundation for Opportunities in Information Technology (BFOIT), both which promote minorities to learn and work in computing.<ref name=":6" />

In 2005 Simons became the first woman ever to receive the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from the U.C. Berkeley's College of Engineering.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" />

She is a member of the board of directors at the U.C. Berkeley Engineering Fund, the [[Electronic Privacy Information Center]], and sits on the Advisory Boards of the [[Oxford Internet Institute]].<ref name=":3" />