Before being elected to the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, Ms. Smith worked as a district representative for U.S. Congressman Mike Thompson where she gained extensive knowledge about the natural resources of the North Coast. In addition to working with federal and state natural resource agencies, she also gained a working relationship with area communities, tribes, non-profit, environmental and commodity-based stakeholder groups. Ms. Smith has a bachelors degree in liberal arts from San Jose State University and graduate studies at Sonoma State University.
