Samantha Smith serves as Research and Communications Analyst for IALR’s Economic Development department as well as the Southern Virginia Regional Alliance. She brings with her eight years of research experience, having previously served as Research Associate for the Applied Research department of IALR.
Smith was named Ferrum College’s Outstanding Young Alumni for the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in 2018 and received the Southern Piedmont Technology Council’s Rising Star Award. She is a graduate of Leadership Southside through the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce and completed a fellowship in community leadership through Middle Border Forward.
