# Cosette Simon

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**Cosette Renee "Cosy" Simon** (born June 18, 1953[1]) is an [American politician](/source/American_politician), business leader and philanthropist. As of June 2006, she was [Vice President](/source/Vice_President) of Government and Industry Relations at [insurance](/source/Insurance) giant [Swiss Re](/source/Swiss_Re).

## Political career

Simon's political contribution is most notable individually as the first female [mayor](/source/Mayor) of [Fort Wayne, Indiana](/source/Fort_Wayne,_Indiana). Previously the [comptroller](/source/Comptroller) of the city, she held the position of mayor for 11 days in 1985, after being appointed to replace fellow [Democrat](/source/United_States_Democratic_Party) [Winfield Moses](/source/Winfield_Moses) who was forced to resign due to statutory criminal activity in his re-election campaign. Her short term ended after Moses won re-election in a special election.

Simon also served as a former budget aide to Indiana Senator [Evan Bayh](/source/Evan_Bayh). She also served under Bayh when he was governor of the state of Indiana as a budget official, where she developed the plan to reorganize the state's accounting systems and worked to redesign Indiana's public school system.

## Non-profit organizations

Simon served as executive director of the [YWCA](/source/YWCA) in Fort Wayne in the 1970s. In the late 1990s, she was the executive director of the [League of American Bicyclists](/source/League_of_American_Bicyclists).

## References

1. Marquis Who's Who, LLC (1983). *Who's Who of American Women, 1983-1984.* ISBN 978-0-8379-0413-9

## External links

- [League of American Bicyclists press release](https://archive.today/20051026022115/http://gainesvillecyclingclub.org/1996/labexdir.html)
- [Swiss Re January 2004 press release](https://web.archive.org/web/20110728053739/http://www.swissre.com/media/news_releases/swiss_re_establishes_washington_dc_office.html)

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