Rusha Smith Email & Phone Number

• Ensure land trust’s mission is fulfilled through land acquisition, land stewardship, and trail development; strategic planning; and community outreach• Report to and work closely with Board of Directors to guide and achieve land trust’s mission• Oversee nonprofit’s financial health, including annual budget and quarterly financial statements• Lead fundraising and revenue-generating efforts that sustain land trust’s operations• Serve as public leader of organization, including community engagement and involvement with other professional, civic, government, and private entities• Responsible for reviewing and signing all documents, contracts, and other instruments made and entered into and on behalf of land trust and manage staff of seven employees

Birmingham, Alabama Area

In my 20 years of practice, I represented many different clients in state and federal courts, such as coal developers, oil producers, insurance professionals, drug and medical rehabilitation companies, financial institutions, and various other product manufacturers. I was actively involved in a number of appeals before the Supreme Court of Alabama and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in addition to a petition to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Bachelor'S Degree, Communications And Political Science