Ms. Smith has over 25 years of experience consulting with the food and beverage industries and their supplying industries including additives, ingredients and packaging.

She is a former Vice President and Managing Director of Arthur D. Little, Inc., in Cambridge, MA. While at Arthur D. Little she managed the company's worldwide Food Industry Practice which included laboratory based product and process development as well as technology and management consulting.

Ms. Smith has authored numerous articles and studies on the outlook for the food industry and outlook for food ingredients and additives. She holds an M.B.A. from Babson College and a B.A. in Chemistry from Regis College.

She is a former member of the Advisory Board of Directors of The NutraSweet Kelco Company and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Bay State Milling Company, Living Technologies, Inc., Chex Fine Foods and Lexington Marketing International.