Joanne Smith is a Director at Acorn Environmental Solutions. Colleagues describe them as "I worked with Joanne for 14 years and consider to be a first class employee and manager. She is a strategic thinker, a great people person, a market research professional and a very hard worker. She gets the job done to an extremely high standard and adds value to everything she does. She is an excellent motivator of people and a great manager who people can learn from and be inspired by. An asset to any company and very fun to work with." and "Jo has the rare ability of being able to take both a clear strategic view and at the same time have strong attention to detail. In addition to being an accomplished market research professional she has strong leadership skills linked to the ability to spot opportunities. She delivers results not only as an individual but through others using her collegiate and supportive leadership style. People like working with and for her."