Sarah Sterdivant Smith

Background

Smith, Sarah Sterdivant was born on June 4, 1952 in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Clenton and Doris Katherine (Mitchell) Sterdivant.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Mississippi State University, 1973; Master of Education, Mississippi State University, 1974; Educational Specialist, Mississippi State University, 1978.

Career

Counselor, Mississippi State University, Starkville, 1974-1977; counselor, Columbus (Georgia) College, 1977; director counseling, Mary Holmes College, West Point, Mississippi, 1978-1980; counselor, Itawamba Community College, Tupelo, Mississippi, 1980-1987; director program services, Itawamba Community College, Tupelo, Mississippi, 1987-1990; executive intern, Bureau School Improvements, Jackson, Mississippi, 1990-1991; assistant director, Tupelo-Lee County Vocational-Technology Center, since 1991. Member vocational evaluation team Mississippi Department Education, Jackson, 1989. Member policy board Head Start, Tupelo, 1990-1992.

Member Leadership Institute for Women, Mississippi Department Education, 1987.

Achievements

• Sarah Sterdivant Smith has been listed as a noteworthy educational administrator, educational consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Mississippi Economics Council, 1984-1987. Mentor Mississippi Equity Program, Tupelo,1991-1992. St. Jude partner St. Jude Hospital, Memphis, 1989-1992.

Member community resource committee Child Care Task Force, Tupelo, 1987-1990. Member Lee County Vocational Advisory Committee, Tupelo, 1986-1990. Member parents as teachers board Lift, Inc., Tupelo, since 1992.

Member community advisory board Create, Inc., Tupelo, since 1992. Member National Education Association, American Vocational Association, Mississippi Association Vocational Educators, Mississippi Secondary Vocational Dirs., NAFE, Christian Methodist Episcopal Women's MissionaryAssn., Mississippi Association Women in Ednl. Leadership (Executive Board since 1988).

Interests

• Avocations: volunteering, painting and drawing, interior decorating, fashion designing.

Connections

Married Melvin M. Smith, December 18, 1977. Children: Jamall, Cedric, Anthony.

Father:

Clenton Sterdivant

Mother:

Doris Katherine (Mitchell) Sterdivant

Spouse:

Melvin M. Smith

child:

Anthony Smith

child:

Jamall Smith

child:

Cedric Smith