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Samuel T. Smith
NADA Director,AR
Member Of:
Board of Directors, Dealership Operations Committee, NADA Show Committee
FRANCHISES
FORD
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-January 2029)
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.
