Jennifer Smith, executive director of United Way of Crow Wing and Southern Cass Counties, was elected 2017-2018 Chair of the Board of Directors for United Ways of Minnesota.
Elections were held recently during the association's winter conference at Greater Twin Cities United Way.
Smith was initially elected to the board in January 2015. Smith has served as the local United Way Director since 2013 and says she is both honored and excited for this position.
"Local United Ways are at the core of understanding and collaborating to solve the needs of their individual communities," Smith noted in a news release. "Being able to serve in a leadership role on the United Ways of Minnesota board of directors is an honor. I am tremendously excited to help lead the association in its work across the state; creating opportunities for local United Way's to work with one another to create greater impact at the local and state level."
The United Ways of Minnesota provides a variety of services, including consultation, public policy monitoring, state campaign relations, campaign support, opportunities for networking, staff and board training and statewide conferences and trainings. Individual United Way organizations from across Minnesota come together as a statewide association to advance the common good by focusing on the greatest needs in the respective local communities.
