Rodney Shannon Smith

Background

Smith, Rodney Shannon was born on October 4, 1968 in Kettering, Ohio, United States. Son of James Roger and Sharon Francis (Shoemaker) Smith.

Education

Bachelor in Political Science, Wright State University, 1997.

Career

Cooperative advertising coordinator Books & Company, Kettering, Ohio, 1991-1993. Legislation intern United States Senate, Washington, 1986. Intern Ohio Republican Party, Columbus, 1995, Congressman Frank Cremeans, Hillsboro, 1995.

Intern Republican J. Donald Mottley Ohio House of Representatives, Columbus, 1996. Economic development specialist Warren County, Lebanon, Ohio, 1997-1998. Director economic development City of Moraine, 1999-2000.

Executive director Waynesville (Ohio) Community Improvement Corporation, 2000—2001. Director economic development City of Dayton, 2001—2002.

Achievements

• Rodney Shannon Smith has been listed as a noteworthy public administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member council Village of Waynesville, 1996-1998, president, 1997. Member Waynesville Athletic Boosters, Waynesville Friends of the Park, Inc. Chairman Waynesville Red Carnation Community.

Member Big Bend Park planning committee Centerville-Washington Township Parks District. Member Ashbrook Place Homeowners Association. Member Ohio Development Association (legislation affairs committee, marketing and public relations com), Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce (economic development, education and tax. committee, government affairs committee), Waynesville Area Chamber of Commerce (second vice president 2001), International City/County Management Association, American Political Science Association, American Society for Public Administration (Greater Cincinnati chapter, Miami Valley chapter), Ohio Municipal League (resolutions committee 1996, annexation committee), Academy Political Science, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio environmental education fund grant peer reviewer), American Economic Development Council, National Center for Small Communities, Middle-American Economic Development Council, Dayton Tooling and Machining Association (government relations team), Ohio City Management Association.

Interests

• Family, civic activities, golf, tennis, church.

Connections

Married J. Susan Smith, March 20, 1996. Children: Katherine Elizabeth, Cameron Alexander.