Samuel Smith

Samuel H. Smith is a Founding Board Member of the Talaris Institute, the College Success Foundation, and the Western Governors University.

He served for 15 years (1985-2000), as the President of Washington State University; as Chair of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges Board of Directors for 2000, and as Chair of the President’s Commission of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1998, as well as numerous other Boards and Commissions. 

Sam brings to the HECB a world of experience and many contacts in the field of education.