Smith is serving as chief business manager of all external contractual services. His responsibilities include overseeing and managing the functions of the bookstore, food services, vending, health services, post office and golf course operations.

Smith, a certified public accountant, is from Greenville where he owned and operated his own accounting firm for 18 years. He earned a master's degree in accounting from Strassford University of London in 1985, a bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg in 1979.

Smith served on the Coastal Carolina University board of trustees from 1993 to 2005. He was vice chairman of the board from 1997 to 1999 and was chair of the Planning and Fiscal Affairs Committee throughout his entire tenure on the board.