Major General Robert W. Smith III, U.S. Army Reserve (Retired) served as President of the Reserve Officers Association from July 2005 to July 2006 and continues to serve on the association’s Executive Committee as the Immediate Past President. General Smith retired from the Army after 34 years active and reserve commissioned service. He is a former air defense and infantry officer who commanded from detachment to division level and served in many key staff positions at numerous levels of the Army. A Vietnam War combat veteran, General Smith has been decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, and other awards. General Smith also is a retired Ford Motor Company finance executive with 32 years of service. During his career with Ford, General Smith held a number of financial and managerial positions, including Manager for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance testing and eight years as the Global Controller, Service Engineering Office. General Smith has served as CEO of Two Star Strategic Services, a business and professional consulting firm in West Bloomfield, Michigan; as General Partner with Smith and Jones Enterprises; and as a member of the board of directors of Volunteers of America, State of Michigan. He was also the Vice Chair of the Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation Board, Arlington, Virginia, a group that helps returning wounded soldiers and all soldiers with financial management. He has been featured as the cover of Fortune magazine and profiled in the Wall Street Journal. General Smith’s other memberships include the Association of the U.S. Army, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, National Black MBA Association, and the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem. He earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh Katz Business School and is the recipient of a honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Florida A & M University.