Leadership

JOYCE SMITH OF INDIANA MEMBER-AT-LARGE to the NFRW Executive Committee Director, REGION 7 ALABAMA | FLORIDA | GEORGIA | ILLINOIS | NORTH CAROLINA | PUERTO RICO | SOUTH CAROLINA Adviser, NFRW Membership Committee MEMBERSHIP PAGE E-mail:

Joyce Smith was elected NFRW member-at-large at the 34th Biennial Convention in Palm Springs and assumed the position in January 2008.

Previously, Smith served as vice chairman of the NFRW Membership Committee and as president of the Indiana FRW. During her term as IFRW president, she revitalized and financially stabilized the organization and started 17 new clubs in an NFRW-charter-member state. Those new clubs include the first-ever federated College Republican Women's organizations at Indiana University and Purdue University, and a New Generation Republican Women's organization composed of young professionals and stay-at-home mothers.

Innovative programs the IFRW sponsored under her leadership include workshops at nine Indiana sites for Precinct Election Board Members, poll-book holders, watchers, and challengers; and IFRW members at polls as "Mitch Greeters" to help elect the first Republican Governor in 16 years, and the first-ever elected female Lieutenant Governor of Indiana. In 2005, she received the NFRW Ronald Reagan Leadership Award for her efforts.

Smith serves on the Indiana Republican State Central Committee and has held many political positions at the state, district, and local levels, including District Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Secretary, County Chairman, Precinct Committeeman, and Poll Worker. She has served as a delegate to state and national Republican conventions and worked on the campaigns of Republican candidates at all levels, from township official to President of the United States. She recently was elected Trustee of her township.

Smith has been a small-business owner, served as Field Director for the Miss America Pageant, and worked as a makeup and wardrobe consultant for film and television, as well as political candidates. She also was a continuing education faculty member at IU−Kokomo and Delta College in Michigan. She has written and lectured on the psychology of color, and was an image consultant to businesses throughout the United States.

Smith has been involved with many community service organizations and is an active member of her church. She and her husband, Ed, have seven sons and 15 grandchildren.