She currently is employed by the USM Foundation as the Manager of Financial Services. She has tabulated the Mississippi Miss Hospitality Pageant for the last 10 years, the Miss William Carey University Pageant (formerly the Miss William Carey College Pageant) for the past 6 years and she tabulated for the Miss Leaf River Valley Pageant twice and the Miss University Southern Mississippi Pageant twice. She is a member of the MSCPA, the AICPA, the SEMSCPA. Smith has a Bachelor’s in Accounting and Business Administration (double major) from USM.