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Justin Smith

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Justin Smith

Director- Family Enterprise Center

Center for Economic Development

Biography

Degree Major Emphasis/Program Name Institution Year
M.S. Student Affairs Administration Arkansas Tech University 2016
B.S. Business Administration University of Arkansas 2005

Justin Smith serves as the director of the Jim Walcott Family Enterprise Center at UAFS. In this role since 2022, he leads a unique center geared toward assisting the family in business. His background includes both private and public sector experience, starting out in the transportation and logistics field, working for a Fortune 500 third-party logistics company from 2005-2008. Justin then moved into a career in economic development, working as a regional manager for the Arkansas Economic Development Commission for more than six years, concentrating on workforce development issues in industry as well as the logistics sector.

Through developing relationships between industry and incumbent worker training programs, Justin became interested in community and non-credit training through colleges and universities. He transitioned from the AEDC to serve as the chief business and community outreach officer at Arkansas Tech University - Ozark Campus, where from 2014- 2022 he setup training programs for Arkansas businesses and served as the campus lead on community outreach efforts.