Curt Smith serves as an Advisory Board member for Cell Therapy Foundation. He is the president of the Indiana Family Institute. His 30-year-career in public policy development includes work as an award-winning journalist, 15 years on Capitol Hill in a variety of senior staff roles, think-tank executive and his work at Taft Law as Director of Public Policy and Public Affairs.
A native Hoosier, Curt was educated at Indiana University and is currently pursuing a Masters in Theology at Chicago’s Trinity International University. He began his career working for two daily newspapers while also serving as a stringer for The New York Times. He then worked on Capitol Hill as a press secretary, campaign manager, communications director, state director and chief of staff over a 15-year span for Senator Dan Coats and U.S. Rep. John Hostettler. Prior to coming to the Family Institute, he was the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Hudson Institute, an international think tank. Curt joined Sommer Barnard (now Taft Law) in 2003 and continues to serve on the Board and as the Chief Executive Officer of the Indiana Family Institute, a public policy advocacy organization.
Curt has received numerous awards and honors over the years, including being named a Sagamore of the Wabash by Governor Robert D. Orr and being listed in Who’s Who in America.