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Wendi Smith

Service & Operations Manager

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT MY WORK

I come from a long line of social workers. There are five in my immediate family covering early intervention, families living with disabilities, the juvenile court system and adult mental health. So you can guess that when I was deciding what I wanted to be when I grew up, it was definitely not a social worker! I got my degree in Business and Economics and spent 15 years working at large companies. Then after having my own children and taking some time away from the hustle and bustle, I realized that what I missed about my family was that they were all helpers. They all chose to help in the community arena but I could now relate to the idea of helping others. Over the trajectory of my business career I ended up in operations and as a consultant. Looking back, I could see that I was a helper too but just in a different arena. So as Michael Corleone says in the Godfather; “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” Realizing that I was a helper and that I liked being in business operations brought me to RSWA where I am happy to be a helper to RSWA employees and RSWA clients and I believe personally in the RSWA mission of helping clients to both secure and enjoy wealth.

 

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT ME

1. I was a competitive Scottish Highland dancer throughout my teens and can still be seen in my kilt at the annual NH Scottish Games at Loon Mountain.
2. My favorite part of the day is coffee or cocktails on the front porch with my husband.
3. I am a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant.
4. I was raised in Ohio but I consider myself a New Englander at heart.
5. I believe Aristotle that "in all things of nature there is something of the marvelous".

PROFESSIONAL BIO

Wendi Smith is the Operations Manager at RSWA.  She spent 10 years working for Fortune 500 companies like Fidelity Investments and Comcast in the United States and Britain where she managed operational employees across five departments.  She then spent 5 years with a New Hampshire based consulting firm as an Operations Consultant with clients in the United States and Canada.  She graduated from The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, in 1990 with a B.A. in Business and Economics.

PERSONAL BIO

Wendi is the wife of RSWA owner David Smith.  They live in a small town in New Hampshire where they have been for the past twenty years and where they raised their three boys.  She became a certified occupational therapy assistant and enjoys working with children in the public school system.  She runs in several road races each summer and enjoys being in nature.


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