Joshua I. Smith | Chairman and
Managing Partner
A nationally renowned entrepreneur and lecturer, Joshua has
been Chairman and Managing Partner of The Coaching Group since
1998. In this capacity he is the "coach," senior advisor/consultant,
to the CEO's of portfolio companies. Mr. Smith assumes active
roles that include serving as Chairman or Vice Chairman of the
Board, Board member, or Advisory Board member. Previously he
was Founder, Chairman and CEO of The MAXIMA Corporation, a 20-year-old
consultancy that achieved a national reputation as one of the
top African American owned, and fastest-growing firms in the
United States.
Mr. Smith serves on the board of directors of three Fortune
100 companies: Caterpillar, Inc. (Chairman, Nominating Committee);
FedEx Corp.; and Allstate Insurance Corp. He also serves as
a director of Cardiocomm Solutions, Inc., a public company
in Canada.
Mr. Smith was appointed by former President Bush to serve
in the following capacities: Chairman of the U.S. Commission
on Minority Business Development from 1989 to 1992; the Executive
Committee of the 1990 Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations;
the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts; and the George H.W. Bush Memorial Library
Board of Trustees. He also chaired the Committee on Entrepreneurship
and Innovation for the George Bush for President Campaign.
Mr. Smith serves on the Board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
and the Board of Directors of the Maryland Small Business
Development Financing Authority.
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