Assistant Director, Office of the Board Secretariat
Demetra C. Smith
Demetra C. Smith joined the Office of the Board Secretariat as assistant director in August 2008. In this position she works with the associate vice president and counselor to the president to facilitate effective governance of the Board of Trustees.
A 2002 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Ms Smith majored in classics, and pursued her interest in management through courses at the Gigot Center for Entrepreneurship in the Mendoza College of Business. Her senior business plan led her to a position in Chicago with the furnishings company Brunschwig & Fils. She expanded her knowledge of business operations and marketing through a subsequent position with Cowtan and Tout in Los Angeles, and was most recently engaged in the market positioning efforts of Balmer Architectural Mouldings in New York.
Ms. Smith was invited in 2008 to join the Development Committee of the Institute for Classical Architecture and Classical America, and she served as a Director of the Board for the ICA&CA Southern California Chapter from 2006-2008. Her involvement in the arts includes her membership in the Apollo Circle of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and her involvement with the L.A. County Museum of Art’s Decorative Arts Council. As a student at the University of Notre Dame, Ms. Smith chaired the VOICE Student Advisory Board at the Center for Social Concerns, worked as a producer for the Hispanic Heritage Awards Foundation in Washington D.C., and organized events sponsored by the Department of Film, Television & Theater.
