Laura Gonzalez

Laura has been the Office Manager at the Smith Center for over 5 years. With a Bachelor’s in Business and Accounting from University of Maryland, she has over 20 years of versatile management and administrative experience with a focus on finance. After 8 years with Metro as Payroll and Office Manager, she wanted to do more to Support and work in an environment that helped the community in a more direct capacity. She believes in the concept of true community service as an integral part of her daily life. Her time at the Smith Center has been life altering as she watches and experiences the Life affirming work done each day to support our mission and the many that pass through our doors. She is veteran that gives back by volunteering with the USO, the Girl and Boy Scouts. She enjoys the simplicity of vacationing in the mountains with family, communing with nature, reading, writing and fishing.