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Daniel B. Smith

Responsibilities

Provide administrative management and program leadership for Cooperative Extension centers in the West District (Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Clay, Cleveland, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga and Yancey)

Doctor of Education, Agriculture and Extension Education, August 2008
North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC
Master of Agriculture, Agronomy, December 1983
Clemson University, Clemson SC
Bachelor of Science, Economic Biology (Entomology), August 1979
Clemson University, Clemson SC

District Extension Director, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, West District, April 2010 to Present
County Extension Director, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, McDowell County, July 1994 to April 2010
County Extension Director, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Alexander County, April 1990 to July 1994
Agricultural Extension Agent, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Alexander County, September 1988 to April 1990
County Extension Director, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Hyde County, April 1987 to September 1988
Associate Agricultural Extension Agent, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Hyde County, October 1984 to April 1987
Assistant County Agent, Clemson University Extension Service, McCormick County, September 1979 to December 1981

Rotary International Group Study Exchange, October and November 2000
Served as the team leader for a cultural and vocational exchange to South Korea
Hyatt Scholarship Award for Professional Development, August 1997
Study tour of extension program in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.
Extension Advisor, United States Department of Agriculture, Polish American Extension Project
Opole Province Poland, June 1993 to December 1993

NC Cooperative Extension Advanced Organizational Leadership Development Program, 2008
Epsilon Sigma Phi: County Performance Award, 2008
Extension Worker of the Year, North Carolina State Beekeepers Association, 2003
Rotarian of the Year, Marion Rotary Club, 2001
Hyatt Scholarship Award for Professional Development, 1996
Epsilon Sigma Phi: County Performance Award, 1995
Epsilon Sigma Phi: State Team Award, 1993
Epsilon Sigma Phi: County Performance Award and State Team Award, 1992
NC Cooperative Extension Executive Development Institute, 1990
Agent Performance Award, Corn Growers Association of North Carolina, 1988

Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759
Phone: 828-687-0570 ~ Fax: 828-681-0692
Email:daniel_smith@ncsu.edu

Maintained by: Bryan A. Konsler

Updated April 7, 2010