Moderator
Jane E. Smith CEO,
The Executive Leadership Center, Spelman
College
Dr. Smith began her professional career in 1975 at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, where she served as Assistant to the President. From 1981 to 1990, Dr. Smith was the Managing Director of INROADS/Atlanta and INROADS/Detroit. In this position she managed career development services for college interns at 50 sponsoring corporations. In 1991, Mrs. Coretta Scott King invited Dr. Smith to serve as Director of Development at the Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change. From 1994 to 1998, she directed The Atlanta Project, a community development initiative at The Carter Center. Dr. Smith reported directly to former President Jimmy Carter. This initiative fostered partnerships among 20,000 community advocates, 20 churches, numerous private and government service agencies, and 20 corporations. From 1998-2001, Dr. Smith was President and CEO of The National Council of Negro Women.
Today, in addition to her work at BPW, Dr. Smith is a member of the Women On Their Way Advisory Board for Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, the Advisory Board of “To the Contrary,” a nationally syndicated television program, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Committee of 100. She is a member of the University of the District of Columbia’s Board of Trustees. Dr. Smith was previously appointed by former President William Clinton to the National Women’s Business Council and by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to the United Nations Beijing Plus Five Conference delegation. She served as a member of the National Judging Panel for the National Women’s Hall of Fame 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 Inductees, and on Advisory Boards for Prudential Insurance Company, Citizen and Southern Bank (now Bank of America) and Fleet Bank. Dr. Smith was a founding member of the Women’s Chamber of Commerce and was a judge for Lifetime Television’s 2003 Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Dr. Smith holds a Doctorate of Education in Social Policy Analysis from Harvard University, a Masters in Sociology from Emory University, a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Spelman College, and honorary doctorates from Spelman College and Texas College. She is the recipient of the Emory University Alumni Medal, the American Association of University Women's 2002 Woman of Distinction Award, and the first Johnnetta B. Cole Spelman College Alumnae Achievement Award.
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