Sheila Simon

Sheila Simon
Simon in 2010
46th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
In office January 10, 2011 – January 12, 2015
Governor	Pat Quinn
Preceded by	Pat Quinn (2009)
Succeeded by	Evelyn Sanguinetti
Personal details
Born	(1961-03-13) March 13, 1961 (age 63) Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Perry Knop ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	Paul Simon Jeanne Hurley
Education	Wittenberg University (BA) Georgetown University (JD)

Sheila J. Simon (born March 13, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 46th lieutenant governor of Illinois, from 2011 to 2015. In 2014, she was the Democratic nominee for Illinois State Comptroller, losing to Republican incumbent Judy Baar Topinka. Simon is the daughter of former U.S. Senator Paul Simon, who had previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (1969–1973), and his first wife, former Illinois State Representative Jeanne Hurley Simon.

She currently serves as a professor of law at the Southern Illinois University School of Law.