Ms. Margaret Simmons began working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in April 1985. She started as a real estate attorney with the Nashville District. In 1991, Margaret left the Nashville District when she was selected to be the primary environmental attorney and Labor Counselor in Office of Counsel at the Huntsville Division (which became the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville in 1995). She provided support to the Formerly-Used Defense Site (FUDS) Program as the focus shifted to munitions response. In 1993 she began to work on the Shared Energy Savings Program which was transitioning to Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPC). She was involved with the award of the first set of nationwide contracts to do ESPC in 1996/1997. In addition, she had responsibility for other contracts and fiscal law matters and the ethics program.  In July 2003 Margaret was selected as the Counsel for Huntsville Center. She supervises 12 attorneys, 2 paralegals and one administrative tech.

Margaret received her Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Tennessee, (UT) Knoxville, in 1977, with Honors. She received her Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree from UT Knoxville in 1980, and was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1980.