Background
Smith, Lana Kay was born on October 30, 1958 in Hicksville, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Lloyd Lorrell Smith and Beverly Jean (Walkenstine) Rioux.
Smith, Lana Kay was born on October 30, 1958 in Hicksville, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Lloyd Lorrell Smith and Beverly Jean (Walkenstine) Rioux.
Bachelor in Public Relations, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1981. Master of Science in Systems Management, University Southern California, 1988.
Commissioned, United States Air Force, 1981;
advanced through grades to captain, United States Air Force
base-level personnel officer, United States Air Force, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, 1982-1984;
base-level personnel officer, United States Air Force, Yokota AB, Japan, 1984-1988;
personnel staff officer, United States Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, 1988-1992;
manpower administrator, personnel specialist, United States Air Force, Yokota AB, 1992;
transition assistance specialist, Pascagoula Navy Family Svc. Center, Gautier, Mississippi, 1993-1995;
relocation assistance specialist, 81 Master in Social Service/DPF, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, 1995-1996;
relocation assistant manager, since 1996. Assistant chair Relocation Assistance Coord.
Committee, Keesler Air Force Base, 1995. Administrative assistant Southern Region Military Job Fair Committee, Jackson, Mississippi, since 1993.
Troop leader Girl Scouts American, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, since 1993. Member choir 1st Presbyterian Church, Ocean Springs, since 1993. With United States Air Force Reserve, since 1992.
Member American Business Women's Association (Woman of Year 1990, editor, author newsletter 1989-1990).
Married LarryG. Luyster, August 14, 1981 (divorced August 1983). 1 child, Lana Angelina Louise.