Smith selected for leadership role with USDA
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USDA Rural Development area specialist Esther Smith will be serving in an important leadership capacity during the coming year.
In June, Smith was elected at the 38th Annual meeting of the National Association of Credit Specialists (NACS) of USDA Rural Development meeting to serve as Alternate Zone C Representative for the 2010-2011 year at the convention in Portland, Maine. This will require her to help the zone representative to carry out NACS concerns and may require travel to Washington, D.C. Additionally, she will be asked to participate in the NACS Zone meetings and 2011 Annual meeting.
A Tri Lakes resident, Smith began working with the USDA in 1977. She held clerical positions in Logansport in 1978, and Auburn 1979-1980. She served in an assistant supervisory position in Albion from 1980-2004, assisting low-income households to purchase and retain affordable housing. She moved to the Columbia City area office in 2004, as area specialist for the Multi-Family Housing Program.
Smith has been appointed to serve as the acting area director of the Columbia City area office this September through December.
"I enjoy working with co-workers from every state," Smith told Talk of the Town Monday. "Being involved at this level is one of the most interesting parts of my job."
Smith has been president of the Indiana Association of Credit Specialist since 2006 and a member of the Indiana Rural Development Council, American Legion Auxiliary, Indiana Leadership Association, a 2002 Alumni of Leadership Whitley County and member of the board of directors of Interfaith Mission, “The Lighthouse.”
She also serves as a seasonal tax preparer for H&R Block and has launched a small business in counseling families in personal finance.
NACS is a consultative employee association, organized in 1973, whose purpose is to initiate and promote improvements in the delivery system of Rural Development programs and services to Rural America. Throughout the years, NACS has been very successful in this endeavor due to the dedication of its members, as well as its successful consultative relationship with the agency’s administration.
USDA Rural Development’s mission is to increase economic opportunity and improve the quality of life for rural residents. Rural Development invested more than $49 million since 2009 for growth in homeownership, and assistance in home repairs. More than 1.7 million jobs have been created or saved through these investments. Further information on rural programs is available at a local USDA Rural Development office or by visiting USDA’s web site at www.rurdev.usda.gov.
USDA Rural Development area specialist Esther Smith will be serving in an important leadership capacity during the coming year.
In June, Smith was elected at the 38th Annual meeting of the National Association of Credit Specialists (NACS) of USDA Rural Development meeting to serve as Alternate Zone C Representative for the 2010-2011 year at the convention in Portland, Maine. This will require her to help the zone representative to carry out NACS concerns and may require travel to Washington, D.C. Additionally, she will be asked to participate in the NACS Zone meetings and 2011 Annual meeting.
A Tri Lakes resident, Smith began working with the USDA in 1977. She held clerical positions in Logansport in 1978, and Auburn 1979-1980. She served in an assistant supervisory position in Albion from 1980-2004, assisting low-income households to purchase and retain affordable housing. She moved to the Columbia City area office in 2004, as area specialist for the Multi-Family Housing Program.
Smith has been appointed to serve as the acting area director of the Columbia City area office this September through December.
"I enjoy working with co-workers from every state," Smith told Talk of the Town Monday. "Being involved at this level is one of the most interesting parts of my job."
Smith has been president of the Indiana Association of Credit Specialist since 2006 and a member of the Indiana Rural Development Council, American Legion Auxiliary, Indiana Leadership Association, a 2002 Alumni of Leadership Whitley County and member of the board of directors of Interfaith Mission, “The Lighthouse.”
She also serves as a seasonal tax preparer for H&R Block and has launched a small business in counseling families in personal finance.
NACS is a consultative employee association, organized in 1973, whose purpose is to initiate and promote improvements in the delivery system of Rural Development programs and services to Rural America. Throughout the years, NACS has been very successful in this endeavor due to the dedication of its members, as well as its successful consultative relationship with the agency’s administration.
USDA Rural Development’s mission is to increase economic opportunity and improve the quality of life for rural residents. Rural Development invested more than $49 million since 2009 for growth in homeownership, and assistance in home repairs. More than 1.7 million jobs have been created or saved through these investments. Further information on rural programs is available at a local USDA Rural Development office or by visiting USDA’s web site at www.rurdev.usda.gov.