Dava Smith, CPA, currently serves as Senior Director at Ankura since June 2024 and is a member of the Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation since March 2024. Prior experience includes Vice President of Finance at Community Health Systems from April 2022 to January 2024 and Senior Director of Finance at Ankura from April 2018 to April 2022. Dava held the positions of Director of Finance and Managing Consultant at c3/consulting from July 2013 to March 2018, and served as VP and Controller at Connect Hearing US from August 2002 to July 2013. Earlier roles include Financial Planning Manager at The Medstat Group in 2001-2002 and AVP and Assistant Controller at InformDX from 1998 to 2001. Dava earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Middle Tennessee State University after attending The University of Memphis.