Board of Directors

President

Caitlyn Smolinsky

DWG INC. Consulting Engineers

President Elect

Julie Bartels

Hood Construction Company, Inc.

Secretary

Katharine Meyers, CPSM

Parrish & Partners

Treasurer

Kara Thomason

LS3P Associates Ltd

Programs Director

Patricia Tidd

Hood Construction Company, Inc.

Programs Co-Director

Liz Howell McCary

Colliers

Education Director

Elizabeth Reed Dees, MBA, CPSM

HDR

Education Co-Director

Carrie Counts, CPSM

Neel-Schaffer, Inc.

Communications Director

Parker Stalvey

Safeguards Consulting, Inc.

Communications Co-Director

Shelley Smith, CPSM

McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture

Membership Director

Nikole Pastore, CPSM

ECS Group of Companies

Sponsorship Director

Brittany Anderson

Colliers

Sponsorship Co-Director

Rachel John

Boudreaux

Immediate Past President

Elizabeth Reed Dees, MBA, CPSM

HDR

Chapter Advisor

Caitlin Rath, CPSM

Kimley-Horn

Chapter Advisor

Jehan Wills

McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture

Communications and Sponsorship Floater Committee

Ben Culbreth

Culbreth Copywriting LLC

Communications Committee

Mollie Fortino CF APMP, Shipley BDC

OLH Inc.

Brittany Jones

Weston & Sampson

Nicole Mace

Hussey Gay Bell

Shelley Smith CPSM

McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture

Parker Stalvey

Safeguards Consulting, Inc.

Education Committee

Carrie Counts CPSM

Neel-Schaffer, Inc.

Elizabeth Reed Dees MBA, CPSM

HDR

Membership Committee

Ashlynn Kuzmic

Devita Inc

Jordan McCormack

Hood Construction Company, Inc.

Nikole Pastore CPSM

ECS Group of Companies

Programs Committee

Charlotte Dover

WO Blackstone

Lauren Edens Marketing

Davis and Floyd

Chris Hock

Colliers

Tannis Kufner

Optima Engineering

Patricia Tidd

Hood Construction Company, Inc.

Sponsorship Committee

Brittany Anderson

Colliers

Rachel John

Boudreaux

Past SMPS Palmetto Presidents

Elizabeth Reed Dees Sept. 2024 - Aug. 2025 
Rachel John Sept. 2023 - Aug. 2024
Jehan Wills
Sept. 2022 - Aug. 2023
Carrie Counts
Sept. 2021 - Aug. 2022
Liz Howell McCary 
Sept. 2020 - Aug. 2021 
Caroline E. Schwengel
Sept. 2019 - Aug. 2020 
Anna Lucas 
Sept. 2018 - Aug. 2019 
Catherine Yaw 
Sept. 2017 - Aug. 2018 
H. Paige Carlton 
Sept. 2016 - Aug. 2017
Lauren Minors
Sept. 2015 - Aug. 2016
Brittany W. Baxter
Sept. 2014 - Aug. 2015
Matthew Brewer
Sept. 2013 - Aug. 2014
Amelia Smith 
Sept. 2012 - Aug. 2013
Rhodes White
Sept. 2011 - Aug. 2012
Sam Hayes
Sept. 2010 - Aug. 2011
Natalie Lawrence
SMPS Founding - Aug. 2010

If you are looking for a chance to get more involved, please consider sharing your talents as a Committee member. We are actively committed to engaging SMPS Palmetto members, new and old, with our various committee options. 

To be eligible to serve on the SMPS Palmetto Board of Directors, you must have been a member for at least one year and have served on a SMPS committee for at least one year. If you are interested in helping shape our the Palmetto chapter, please get involved today!