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Chairman and Managing Partner since 1999 of The Coaching Group, a management consulting firm.
Previously, he was founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The MAXIMA Corporation, a
consultancy that achieved a national reputation as one of the top African-American-owned and
fastest-growing firms in the United States. Appointed by President George H.W. Bush, he has served
as Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Minority Business Development, as a member of the
Executive Committee of the 1990 Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations, and as a director of
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He was a Member of the Board of the
Maryland Small Business Development Finance Authority and Chairman of a special Task Force on
Joshua I. Smith Minority Business Reform for the Governor of the State of Maryland. He was also Chairman of the
Age 71 National Urban Coalition and a member of the National Fundraising Campaign Committee of the
Director since 1997 NAACP.
Independent With more than a decade of experience leading The Coaching Group, Mr. Smith has extensive
executive leadership and management experience. In addition, he has considerable expertise with
entrepreneurial enterprises, specifically with small, minority and women-owned businesses, which
provides him with insights on managing Allstate’s relationships with its agencies. As a member of
the nominating and governance committee, Mr. Smith draws on his experience in evaluating
corporate governance issues as a director of three large publicly traded companies. His experience
as a coach, advisor, and consultant to chief executive officers gives him insights into effective
executive leadership that make him a valued member of the compensation and succession
committee.
• Customer service and innovation • Executive compensation and talent
• Corporate governance and compliance management
• Experience in financial services or regulated • Leadership and management
industries • Strategy formation
Compensation and Succession Caterpillar, Inc. 1993 — present
Nominating and Governance Comprehensive Care Corporation 2009 — present
Federal Express Corporation 1989 — present
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