Like so many Rotarians, Sylvester Smith has watched the 2008-10 election cycle with a lot of interest, and he shared several of his observations with the Van Buren Rotary Club on Thursday, March 11th. He has enjoyed several unique vantage points from which to make those observations, first as a policy advisor to Gov. Mike Huckabee and serving both Gov. Huckabee and our current Gov. Mike Beebe as Director of Small and Minority Business Development at the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. From his vantage point of working to promote small and minority businesses and the impacts of major changes in health care and efforts to limit excessive carbon emissions, Mr. Smith's common concern throughout the discussion was, "Who pays?"
Mr. Smith received his MBA from Harding University and has been named one of the "40 under 40" business leaders by Arkansas Business and one of the 20 most influential African Americans by Powerplay Magazine. He currently is President of
Change Agents, a lobbying and public relations firm whose client list includes the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).
Rotarian of the Day, Stan Vlademar introduced Mr. Smith, whom he met while both men were participating in the Leadership Arkansas training program several years ago.
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