 From 1995 to 2003, he served in the Cabinet of Governor Parris Glendening as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services from 1995 to 1997, and as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, one of the state's largest agencies, with 12,000 employees and a budget of $900 million from 1997 to 2003.Simms has worked for the Baltimore-based law firm Brown, Goldstein, and Levy since 2003.Simms and his wife, Candace Simms, have two adult sons, Paul and Marcus.