C. Mark Smith Email & Phone Number

Tri-Cities Washington

Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area

Author of five books of history and biography and numerous magazine articles published in the US and Turkey. See www.cms-author.com

Consulting practice specializing in the organization and management of economic development organizations, strategic economic development planning and economic development marketing.

Jackson/Biloxi, Mississippi

FEMA contract employee responsible for leading a staff of six providing economic development technical assistance to ESF-14 teams deployed to various counties severely impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Responsible for working with state and local economic development officials to identify economic development projects to be included in long-term recovery plans.

Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area

Senior department head reporting to Deputy City Manager. Responsible for implementation of all City economic development programs and activities and administration of an office consisting of 2.5 FTE employees and an administrative budget of $700,000.

Birmingham, Alabama

City department head reporting directly to the Mayor of Birmingham. Principal point of contact for City economic development issues and activities with Fiscal 1998-1999 budget in excess of $2.4 million, staff of 11 civil service and 12 contract employees.

Tacoma, Washington

Consulted to a wide range of public and private sector clients within the fields of community and economic development, particularly in the area of community organization, development of local economic development strategies, employment and training programs and development of small business incubators. Served as the first Executive Director of the.

Tacoma, Washington

Led the EDB in its formative years, including development of the organization=s strategic plan, development and expansion of numerous public-private partnerships, and the design of award-winning marketing materials. Supervised program of coordinated economic development activities which included business recruitment, business assistance and retention and.

Tacoma, Washington

CEO of real estate development and consulting firm specializing in joint venture multi-family condominium projects and consulting to business and local government on urban economic development issues. Clients included Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, Earnest W. Hahn, Inc. and Keyser-Marston Associates.

Seattle, Washington

Career GS16/10 responsible for administration of all federal economic development programs and activities of the EDA in an eight state region with a staff of up to 120 and an annual program budget in excess of $20 million ($1.2 billion in two fiscal years).

Tacoma, Washington

Successive promotions culminating in responsibility for 11 branch offices engaged in organizing, processing and closing all types of mortgage loans.

Bachelor'S Degree, History, Political Science, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Sigma Chi Fraternity

Public Policy, Public Administraton

Activities and Societies: Valedictorian

Certificate, Mortgage Banking

Sponsored by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America