Primary Job Title Board of Director Primary Organization 
Simon Property Group
Gender Male
Dan Smith is President and CEO of the Indiana University Foundation (IUF) and holder of the Clare W. Barker Endowed Chair in Marketing at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1989 and has served on both the University of Wisconsin and the University of Pittsburgh faculty.
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IUF’s CEO, Dan provides executive leadership for the Foundation in accordance with its mission and objectives. He develops and initiates policies for successful operations for all aspects of the organization and Initiates actions to enforce the by-laws, rules, regulations and resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors.
Before joining the foundation, Dan served eight years as dean of the Kelley School of Business, one of the nation’s largest and most highly ranked business schools. Under his leadership, student enrollment and the number of faculty doubled while, at the same time, admission standards were elevated. During this period, the school also launched programs in multiple international markets, and secured over $170 million in private funds to transform facilities and to support a wide range of student programs. During his tenure at the Kelley School, he also served as chair of the MBA program and as chair of the marketing department.
Dr. Daniel C. Smith
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Dan is highly involved in executive education programs for a wide range of consumer and industrial firms, such as Eli Lilly and Company, Abbott Laboratories, IBM, Oscar Mayer, Samsung, and 3M, among others. He has also taught marketing strategy and innovation courses for the Ministries for Privatization in Budapest, Hungary, and Warsaw, Poland.
