Gordon Smith’s media career has spanned over 30 years in television, sports, home media, feature films, documentaries, and digital media. Gordon has held senior and C-level positions at multiple companies including CBS Television Network and sports representation and production company, IMG, as well as starting his own media company. He has created, produced, developed, negotiated and/or distributed hundreds of hours of programming that he hopes has informed and entertained audiences around the world. He concurrently serves as COO of a staffing company he helped grow from start-up to a national company employing thousands of people that has received numerous awards including Forbes Magazine’s America’s Best Staffing Firms and the Women’s Choice Awards’ Best Places to Work for Diversity. Gordon has served on multiple public and private Boards, including an Asian policy think tank after a fascinating three years living in Hong Kong. He holds a B.S. from UC Berkeley and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Gordon has a calling to make meaningful contributions to society and has made a start by building a peace park, being a Big Brothers of America mentor, and heading a Harvard project providing career pathways for disadvantaged foster youth. As a voting member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the Emmy Awards, he also serves on the Academy’s Student Internship Committee to jump start promising students’ careers and its Climate Change Peer Circle to place green messages in TV programming. Gordon looks to devote his time to his next journey pursuing environmental projects and a portal project that supports funding for the public good. He has a passion for art, and enjoys creating sculptures and paintings as well as jewellery for his wife Deborah.
