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--MSmithatLinx (talk) 15:46, 19 October 2010 (UTC)Michael Smith (President & CEO) Mr. Smith’s professional career has focused on branding and re-positioning products and services in the healthcare, financial services, retail, high-tech, manufacturing, training and child welfare/human services industries. Today, his focus is on building strategic business and marketing capabilities in non-profit and public enterprises.

Mr. Smith formed Linx Communications in 1996 as an outgrowth of JRS Advertising, the largest advertising agency on Long Island where Mr. Smith was CEO. Linx Communications is now a leading strategic marketing organization with over 50 worldwide clients in a diverse array of industries.

In 2003, Mr. Smith Co-Founded Stewards of Change™ (SOC), a business with a social mission: to provide public and private human service agencies and not-for-profit organizations with the latest cross-sector innovations to take social change to scale and improve the outcomes for the children and families they serve. Through a unique array of innovative thought leader conferences, leadership programs, learning tools, research initiatives, and technical assistance, Stewards of Change is committed to advancing sustainable improvements that help transform human services.

Mr. Smith is also involved in the Young Presidents Organization where he is spearheading a global project, "Helping Disadvantaged Kids Network," to support children in developed and developing countries.

His community support is an integral part of his contribution to the business community. After serving on many boards, including the LIAC and American Cancer Society, Mr. Smith founded the Advertising Agency Counsel, a group of agency principles dedicated to the continuous improvement of business and training practices as they relate to the marketing industry. Mr. Smith was also taped by the Federal Government to site on the Advisory Board of Children's Bureau for the Public/Private Partnership Alliance.

Mr. Smith holds degrees from Bentley College in management, marketing, finance, and computer science. He has also completed three years of Presidents’ Seminars at Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He is married with 3 children and resides in Nissequogue Overlook, NY.