Prior
to founding IYD in 1996, Mr. Smith founded and served as president
of Americans for a Sound AIDS/HIV Policy (ASAP), a Washington, D.C.-based,
national organization dedicated to limiting the total suffering from
AIDS/HIV. Having held that position for ten years, Mr. Smith is a recognized
authority in the area of unhealthy risk behavior among youth. He has
testified before Congress, the Presidential Commission on the HIV Epidemic,
the Food and Drug Administration, numerous federal committees and state
legislatures on AIDS/HIV education, prevention and intervention strategies
as well as risk avoidance programs, particularly as they relate to
America's youth.
A nationally-known expert on the risks facing today's youth, Mr.
Smith is regularly sought out by the national press. His media
appearances
include Larry King Live, CBS Evening News, ABC Evening News, The
New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, CBS
Radio, NBC
Radio and National Public Radio. His columns discussing a variety
of timely issues routinely appear in newspapers throughout the
country.
Mr. Smith was recently appointed by Health and Human Services (HHS)
Secretary, Tommy G. Thompson, to serve on the Advisory Committee
to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
The committee advises the CDC on policy issues and broad strategies
for promoting health and quality of life by preventing and controlling
disease, injury and disability.
As a member of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly
Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS), Smith has traveled extensively
to Africa. During 2002, he led two U.S. delegations to Uganda that
included government officials, researchers and philanthropists. During
the same year, he also visited South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and
the Ivory Coast as a member of a delegation led by Secretary Thompson.
In addition, he serves or has served on numerous committees including
the STD/HIV Prevention Strategies Ad Hoc Panel, U.S. Centers for Disease
Control, Center for Prevention Services; the American Red Cross AIDS
Literature Review Board; the U.S. Fire Administration's Infectious
Disease Advisory Panel; the U.S. Senate's Children's Policy Committee;
the Department of Health and Human Services Healthy Adolescents 2010
Committee; the CDC’s School Health Finance Project expert panel;
the Surgeon General's Committee on Promoting Responsible Sexual Behaviors;
the State of Virginia’s Maternal-Child Health Commission and
Family and Community Health Advisory Committee; and the National Academies’ Board
on Children, Youth and Families.
Educated at Duke University and the College of William and Mary,
Mr. Smith currently resides in northern Virginia with his wife,
Anita.
He is the father of three children.
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2004