Dr. Whittney Smythe-Smith earned her undergraduate degree from Creighton, her MBA from CMU and her Doctorate of Business Administration from Bellevue University. In 2019 she started her own business and human resources consulting firm, "The Gallium Group," which provides services to a broad range of organizations based in or operating in Colorado. Whittney serves as the Executive Director of KidSight Colorado, a non-profit that provides vision screenings and glasses to children in Colorado. Currently residing in Leadville, CO, she is an active member of the communities in which she lives and works. As a Past-President of the Redlands Rotary Club in Grand Junction and former Assistant Governor for the Grand Valley Rotary clubs, Whittney is the youngest person to be named District Governor of Rotary District 5470, serving as Governor in 2024-2025. As a member of the Leadville Lions Club, Whittney is filling a two-year term as President of the club while continuing her role as the Lions Colorado 6W District Marketing Chair and Webmaster. She will become the District Governor of the Colorado 6W Lions District in 2025-2026, making her the first known person in the United States to serve as District Governor in back-to-back years for two separate service organizations. Whittney serves as the President of the Colorado Lions Camp. She also serves Club20’s Board of Directors as the voting member from Lake County and as a member of their executive nomination committee. After completing her final year of service with the Colorado Mesa University Alumni Association Board of Directors in 2022, she continues to serve on CMU's MBA Alumni Chapter and looks forward to the University's 100th anniversary in 2025. As an avid golfer, reader, foodie, classic car collector, and traveler, you will likely find Whittney somewhere exploring the great state of Colorado.