Jacqueline V. Smith, J.D.
Jacqueline is a dynamic, collaborative, mission-driven executive with 15+ years of experience launching and leading transformative strategies and initiatives at Arizona State University (ASU), the university ranked #1 in innovation in the US annually since 2014. In addition to her role as Senior Vice President at the ASU Foundation for a New American University, Jacqueline is a Professor of Practice in ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College where she focuses on university design and higher education and the law.
In November 2020, Jacqueline was elected by the public to serve a four-year term on the Maricopa County Community College District Governing Board, receiving 177,000 votes and defeating the incumbent by a ten-point margin. Her second term will begin in January 2025.
Jacqueline earned her bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics and her law degree from Georgetown University. Driven by her values of growth, justice, community and creativity, she embraces lifelong learning experiences to foster meaningful change and build thoughtful, lasting relationships.
She and her husband live in Mesa, Arizona with their truck-loving, joke-telling, three-year-old son, Johnny.