Mr. Smith was a founding partner of Newman and Associates, a Denver-based NASD broker-dealer that for more than twenty-five years was a nationwide leader in tax-exempt investment banking for multi-family affordable housing. He retired as CEO and President in 2006. Now, Mr. Smith is actively involved in conservation finance as a volunteer and board member for the Eagle Valley Land Trust and The Nature Conservancy (Colorado). In his free time, he snowshoes, hikes, skis, road bikes, and fly-fishes. He and his wife Jody have two daughters. He holds a B.S. in mathematics from Colorado College, and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.