Crystal J. Smith

Community Involvement

LEEDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

Volunteer Mentor | 2012-2015

Mentor to assigned mentees from the University of Colorado
Scheduled meetings with students requesting information about working in manufacturing, supply chain, consumer product goods, food and beverage, IT, or working as a woman in any of these areas
Work on orientation programs for freshman coming into the business school

FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES

Coordinator | 2012-2013

Coordinated a department-wide volunteer event to sort and pack holiday food donations for Denver-area families

SALVATION ARMY WAREHOUSE

Coordinator | 2010-2011

Organized a volunteer event for the entire department to sort and organize holiday donations for children, families, and seniors

DRAGON BOAT FESTIVALS Coors Volunteers \| July 2007, 2008, 2009
Represented Coors and promoted brands as a sponsor of the annual event
SALVATION ARMY GIVING TREE Coordinator \| Dec 2004, 2005, 2006
Managed the communication, distribution, and collection of gifts for the annual drive to provide holiday gifts to underprivileged children
LEEDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS Project Team Mentor \| 2005-2006
Provided guidance to undergraduate and MBA students Assisted with project plans, client interviews, and deliverables Made recommendations for working with executive-level clients
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT Volunteer Classroom Instructor \| 2002-2003
Instructed elementary students on the basics of community economics
BOULDER VALLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Speech and Debate Assistant Coach \| 2000-2001
Helped high school students develop presentation skills Assisted in improving performances in Speech, Debate, Mock-Congress, and Drama

Project team mentoring

The Leeds School of Business has a great program where students are able to take a course in Project Management to prepare for the Project Management Professional exam. The course also gives students opportunities to work with local business leaders to create and execute a project.

As a mentor with the program, I was assigned a team of MBA or undergraduate students each semester. I helped them develop project plans, resource plans, outlines for information interviews, communications, and presentations to deliver to their sponsoring company. Project teams proposed plans involving:

Crocs had leftover rubber from their manufacturing process and wanted a useful way to donate it to the community. The students created a proposal to recycle the rubber into playground equipment such as tire swings, then donate the equipment to the community
A boulder-based company had a concept to make greeting cards out of flower seeds. The recipient could read the card, then plant it to grow flowers. The project team took this idea and created a detailed business plan, complete with schedules, costs, and ROI.

Giving Tree

Every holiday season, the Salvation Army and members of communities team together to provide gifts for local children whose families may not be able to provide the toy truck, the new sweater, the colored pencils, or the mittens that the children would like to have. For six years, I was able to volunteer as a coordinator for the Salvation Army.

My involvement included picking up tags with gift requests, finding volunteers who wanted to shop for the item on the tag, collecting gifts, taking the items to the Salvation Army for distribution, and organizing teams to sort and pack gifts in the warehouse.

It was very rewarding both to know that children would be having a warmer holiday, and that an opportunity was created for people to get involved in their community.

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