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Edith Smith
| Edith Smith | |
| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | •U.S. Senator Angus King's office |
| Role: | State Director |
| Location: | Maine |
| Education: | Bowdoin College |
Edith "Edie" Smith, also known as Edith Leary, is a political consultant and state director for Maine Independent U.S. Senator Angus King. She has contributed to several political campaigns, including Les Otten’s 2010 gubernatorial race, and served as warden service spokeswoman and director of information and education for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.[1] She was mentioned as part of the “Influencers 500” list produced by Campaigns & Elections Magazine in 2013 (according to Campaigns & Elections, the list “is a collection of some of the top names in the consulting business state by state”).[2]
Career
Edith “Edie” Smith graduated from Bowdoin College in 1981. She worked as executive director of the Maine Funeral Directors Association from 1994 to 1999.[3][4] Smith also owned and managed a political consulting company called Maine Directions, Inc.[4][5]
In 2002, Smith joined Eaton Peabody Consulting and eventually became executive director of the organization.[4][5] She also became campaign manager for Maine’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Council, which, according to Bangor Daily News, was created to oppose a November 2004 ballot initiative that would have banned the practice of using dogs to bait, trap and hunt bears.[6][7]
Smith worked as Dirigo Girls State’s director of education in the mid-2000s, and later served as campaign manager for Les Otten’s (R) 2010 gubernatorial run in Maine.[1][4]
After working as campaign manager for Otten, Smith was appointed to serve as director of information and education for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and also started work as Maine warden service spokeswoman (she resigned in December 2011).[1][8]
In December 2012, Smith worked as field director for Angus King’s (I) U.S. Senate campaign, and served as his Maine state director after he was elected.[5][9] As of May 2015, Smith still serves as the state director for Angus King.[5]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bangor Daily News, "Maine Warden Service spokeswoman resigns," December 24, 2011
- ↑ Cloud Contact Center Industry News (Campaigns & Elections Via Acquire Media NewsEdge), "the Influencers 500 (Campaigns & Elections)," January 22, 2013
- ↑ Bowdoin Magazine, "Winter 2005 Volume 76, Number 2," accessed December 15, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Zoom Info, Eaton Peabody Consulting Group (cached), "Edith S. Leary," December 14, 2007
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Rotary Club of Portland Maine USA, "*05/22/15 EDIE SMITH, Senator Angus King's State Director," May 20, 2015
- ↑ Bangor Daily News, "Bear debate draws bucks; $270,000 raised over baiting issue," January 26, 2004
- ↑ George Smith Maine.com, "Sportsmen Raised Nearly $2 million to win the 2004 Bear Referendum," October 21, 2013
- ↑ Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics & Election Practices, "2010 Financial Disclosure by Executive Employees," accessed December 15, 2015
- ↑ Angus King United States Senator for Maine, "Senator Angus S. King, Jr. Announces the Opening," January 4, 2013
