NADA Board of Directors

Ted Smith is Dealer of Smith Ford in Conway, Ark. Smith has been involved in his family’s Ford dealership - which began in 1916 - most of his life. After college and a job in Phoenix, he returned to the dealership in 1975. He has been a service advisor and manager, office manager and dealer since then. Smith represents Arkansas' franchised new-car dealers on the board of directors of the National Automobile Dealers Association. (Term: February 2020-February 2026)

Industry Service

• Chairman, Arkansas Automobile Dealers Association, 2002-2003
• Vice Chairman, Arkansas Automobile Dealers Association, 2001-2002
• Treasurer, Arkansas Automobile Dealers Association, 2000-2001
• Past Chairman, NADA 20 Group FR04
• Trustee, Central Arkansas Automobile Dealers Selective Self Insurance Fund
• Member, NADA PAC President’s Club, 10 years

Community Service

• Board Member, CARTI Cancer Foundation, 2012-present
• Board Member, Conway Chamber of Commerce, 2001-2007
• President, Conway Rotary Club, 2003

Awards

• Rotary Paul Harris Award
• Time Dealer of the Year Award winner for Arkansas, 2007

Education

• Hendrix College, Conway, Ark.