User:Kevin H. Smith

Kevin H. Smith was elected as a state legislator from Londonderry, NH to the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1996-98, where he served on the Judiciary and Family Law Committee.

During his time of service in the legislature, Smith was the Director of a before and after-school child care program and also worked as an elementary school para-professional, assisting students with special needs.

Smith served on the official staffs for both former United States Senator, Bob Smith and New Hampshire Governor, Craig Benson. During his time in the US Senate, Smith was the outreach liaison to New Hampshire’s law enforcement and public safety community, as well as a caseworker where he assisted New Hampshire’s citizens on a variety of matters such as veteran’s affairs, social security, and immigration.

While serving in the Governor’s Office, Smith was the Governor’s liaison to the Executive Branch Department Heads as well as New Hampshire’s Executive Council, where Smith assisted with appointments to Executive Branch Boards, Commissions, and Departments. Smith also served on the Interagency Commission to End Homelessness during his time in the Governor’s Office.

In 2005, Kevin joined the New Hampshire’s Division for Juvenile Justice Services where he became Assistant Director of the Department in 2007. During his tenure, Kevin oversaw the Finance and Quality Assurance departments and helped develop the Division’s first “report card” which measured the results and efficacy of various programs within the Division. Kevin was also a member of the New Hampshire Chiefs of Police and worked closely with law enforcement and District Court judges on matters such as developing alternatives to juvenile detention and reducing the incidence of disproportionate minority contact in urban areas. Kevin also worked closely with the Commissioner of Health and Human Services to develop the state’s first Office of Faith-based and Community Programs as a means to find local, community and private-sector solutions to meet the needs of New Hampshire’s most vulnerable citizens when state resources were not available.

In 2009, Smith became Executive Director of Cornerstone Action, a non-partisan, conservative advocacy organization dedicated to the advancement of free-enterprise, limited government, and personal responsibility policies in the state legislature. In two years, Smith grew the organization into a political powerhouse and increased revenue from $100k in 2008 to over $1M in 2010. For his efforts, Kevin has been recognized by national and local media as being one of the most influential conservatives in New Hampshire and in 2011, was named by Business NH Magazine as one of New Hampshire’s “10 Most Powerful People.”

A graduate of Londonderry High School and the University of New Hampshire at Manchester, Kevin was appointed to the New Hampshire Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights in 2009 and continues to serve on the Committee. He is currently the President of Smith Enterprises, a government and public relations consulting group.

Kevin resides in Litchfield with his wife, Suzy, and their three children.