Elise Meika Smith

Elise Meika Smith is SWPR Group’s Senior Director, Client Relations. Elise’s most recent role prior to joining the SWPR team was at All Hands Raised, an educational equity nonprofit organization based in Portland, where she primarily worked in development and communications. Before her time there, Elise worked as the Associate Director of the Davidson Management Honors Program at The University of Texas at Dallas, and at Southern Methodist University as the Coordinator of New Student Orientation and Student Support. Elise received her bachelor’s in Political Science and Broadcast Journalism, with a minor in Japanese, from Texas Christian University, and her master’s in education in Post-Secondary Administration and Student Affairs from the University of Southern California. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, Ryan, and their son.