David C. Smith

Treasurer

President (retired), GMAC CH Capital Corporation, Denver

David 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 of the successor firms GMAC CH Capital Corporation, in 2006.  Now, David 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.