Dr. Kimberly Smith currently serves as Associate Vice Provost for Student Success Initiatives at Virginia Tech, where she provides leadership for university-wide initiatives related to enhancing student learning and serves as an affiliate assistant faculty member with the Higher Education program. Dr. Smith is responsible for developing, implementing, and assessing initiatives throughout the institution in collaboration with various university stakeholders. She also currently serves as the Immediate Past President of the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education (AABHE). AABHE has been involved in numerous initiatives such as addressing the pipeline of Black faculty and staff in higher education, bringing issues pertinent to Black faculty and staff to the attention of the larger academic community and recognizing Black American achievements and accomplishments to higher education. 

Dr. Smith has presented at the regional, national, and international levels at various professional conferences on topics related to assessment of advising, advising undecided students, utilization of technology in advising, and developing an effective advising program for orientation. She’s the co-author of a chapter in Student Academic Services: An Integrated Approach entitled “Applying Quality Educational Principles to Academic Advising.”  She is also the author of a chapter in Research Studies in Higher Education: Educating Multicultural College Students entitled “Factors Impacting the Academic Achievement of Undecided College Students” based on her research and experience. In addition, she serves as a Board Member for the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) and is a faculty member for the NACADA Consultant and Speakers Bureau.