title: Hope Harmel Smith
text: # Hope Harmel Smith
  
  Hope Harmel Smith (also created as Hope H. Smith) is an American television producer and writer. She has been working in daytime for over 20 years.
  
  ## Positions held
  
  All My Children
  
  * Writer: October 2007 - July 2008
  * Supervising Producer: January 4, 2010 to present (hired by Julie Hanan Carruthers)
  
  The Bold and the Beautiful (hired by William J. Bell)
  
  * Associate Producer: 1987 - 1988
  * Producer: 1988 - 1996
  
  General Hospital (hired by Wendy Riche)
  
  * Producer: 1998 - 1999
  * Consultant: 1997 - 1998
  
  Guiding Light
  
  * Production Coordinator: 1983 - 1985
  * Producer: 1985 - 1987
  
  Port Charles
  
  * Producer: 1999 - 2003
  
  Starting Over
  
  * Writer/Producer: 2004
  
  Sunset Beach
  
  * Supervising Producer: 1996 - 1997
  
  ## Awards and nominations
  
  Daytime Emmy Award
  
  * Nomination, 2003, Drama Series, Port Charles
  * Win, 1999, Drama Series, General Hospital
  