The National Society of Professional Engineers officially welcomed Britt E. Smith, P.E., F.NSPE, as its 2022-2023 president beginning July 1, 2022. A formal installation ceremony took place at the Society’s annual Professional Engineers Conference in Philadelphia on August 2, 2022.

“I can say honestly that I could not be more humbled to be the next president of NSPE,” said Smith. “I never dreamed that I would be in this position but knew that I wanted to just give back to the profession that has provided so much for me and my family.”

A member of NSPE and the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers since 1997, Smith has held many volunteer leadership positions with NSPE including serving on the Committee on Policy and Advocacy, Honors and Awards Committee, the Delivery System, Communication, and Technology Task Force, and as Missouri’s representative to the NSPE House of Delegates. Smith was named an NSPE Fellow in 2016. In Missouri, he served in a variety of chapter and state-level leadership positions, including as the 2011-2012 state president and the Jefferson City Chapter President in 2001.

Smith is currently the operations division director for the City of Jefferson, where he manages all aspects of operations related to streets, parking, central maintenance, city facilities, and airport, and leverages all available resources to accomplish the varying missions of each division. He also has experience as an engineering consultant and served in the U.S. Army. Smith graduated from the Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly the University of Missouri – Rolla) with a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering.

Smith’s dedication to volunteering also extends into his local community where he is involved with the United Way of Central Missouri and as a counselor for the Jefferson City Marriage Encounter, and has previously dedicated many years to the local Boy Scouts troop, and as a volunteer baseball/softball coach.