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Meet Angela Smith, in her own words....

Educational Background

• Missouri State University Summa Cum Laude (Bachelor of Arts, Double Major: English & German)
• Recipient of MSU Regent’s Scholarship all four years

Professional Experience

Nov. 2000 - Present 

President and Owner of ADsmith Communications

1997 – 2000  

Partner & Vice President, TPS Media Group 

1993 – 1997  

Perkin Marketing Media Director.

1991 – 1993

Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling Company, Marketing Manager

1983 – 1991 

Young & Company Media Director/Vice President

1981 – 1983   

Admissions Representative, Drury College

1980 – 1981  

Copywriter & Public Service and Traffic Director, KICK Radio

Qualifications and Achievements

Board of Directors, Springfield Executive Breakfast Club

Ozark Branch Advisory Board, National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Ozark Empire Fair Foundation Board Member

Best of Show Broadcast, 2007 Addy Awards

HBA Membership Committee Chair, 2005-2006

Ozarks Woman of Distinction Community Leadership Award Nominee, March 2006

HBA Presidential Award, 2004 and 2005

American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA)

Accepted into the National Association of Home Builder SPIKE Club, 2005

HBA Associate Member Company of the Year for ADsmith, 2002

One of Springfield Business Journal’s 2001 “20 Most Influential Women in Business”

One of Springfield Magazine’s “40 Under 40,” 1998

Recipient of first Springfield Advertising Association’s Anita Ludwig Award for Account Service, 1998

Member, Natchez Garden Club (Natchez, Mississippi)

Family

Two children:  Holly (25) and Stephen (22)           

Significant Other since 1996:  David Doran

Parents:  Dennis & Carolyn Smith (former owners of Central Printing Company);  Grandfather, Loren E. Clark, was a Rotarian with perfect attendance for decades