Rita Smith

As Director, Academic Resources and Planning, Rita Smith works closely with academic leadership worldwide and student affairs to develop annual budgets and manage academic resources, to develop business analytics to support data-driven decisions, and to continuously improve academic operations. Her office maintains all faculty data for tenure track and adjunct faculty members, issues U.S. adjunct letters of appointment, supports standing and ad hoc committees, publishes academic catalogs, manages several graduate student processes, and works closely with faculty and students awarded internal research funds. Smith serves on the University Budget Steering Committee and the University Planning Committee. Smith earned an MBA from Webster University and a BA in Economics from Westminster College.