Elaine Smith is the current Director at LAC COURSE OREILLES BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPE. Prior to this, they worked as an attorney for Bad River Tribe from August 2016 to July 2019, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe from July 2001 to July 2014, and Ho-Chunk Nation, Dept of Justice from January 1999 to July 2001.
Elaine Smith graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Elaine then attended the University of Wisconsin Law School, where they earned their Doctor of Law degree.