Mark P. Smith

Background

Smith, Mark P. was born on July 27, 1949 in Charleston, West Virginia, United States. Son of Bernard Henry and Josephine S. (Polan) Smith.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1971. Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1978.

Career

Assistant to executive director American Bar Association, Chicago, 1976-1979. Executive director West Virginia State Bar, Charleston, 1979-1988. Associate educational director Southwestern Legal Foundation, Richardson, Texas, 1989 (director Institute for Transnational Arbitration, 1993).

Secretary West Virginia Legal Services Plan, Incorporated., Charleston, 1987-1988.

Treasurer Foundation for Youth and Government, Charleston, 1983-1988. President.Saigling Elementary School, Parent-Teachers Association, 1991-1992.

Lecturer University Texas, Dallas, 1990. President, board directors Coalition for Homeless, Charleston, 1986-1987.

Secretary West Virginia Coalition for the Homeless, 1986-1987.

Achievements

• Mark P. Smith has been listed as a noteworthy foundation executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President board directors Kanawha County Coalition for Homeless, 1986—1987. President Volunteer Center Collin County, 2001—2003. Member board Volunteer Center North Texas, since 2001.

Chair Dallas Committee for International Visitors, since 2003. Member of National Association Bar Executives (chairman continuing educated committee 1981-1982, member executive committee 1984-1986), Saigling Elementary School Parent-Teachers Association (president 1991-1992).

Connections

Married Jane Stephens, May 6, 1978. Children: Stephen Noble, Allison Baxter.

Father:

Bernard Henry Smith

Mother:

Josephine S. (Polan) Smith

Spouse:

Jane Stephens

child:

Stephen Noble Smith

child:

Allison Baxter Smith