VITAL STATISTICS
Where born: Salt Lake City
Family: single
Education: Bachelor of arts degrees in English and history, University of Utah
Primary products: Information and news about events concerning BYU.
Primary markets: Local, state, regional and national media outlets
Number of employees: 6 full-time employees, 11 part-time student employees
Note: Smoot also is president of a small free-lance company, Smoot Productions Inc., which produces television, film and video projects for a local and national market. Clients include Hallmark Cards, VISN Cable Network and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.)
PERSONALITY PROFILE
First "real" job: Counselor at Brighton Girls Camp while attending college.
Management style: Foster consensus, allow flexibility and accountability and show appreciation.
Strategy for success: Take risks, find out what truly makes you happy and set your own career agenda.
A memorable failure: Learning to cook.
Heroes: Women who manage to live exemplary lives, often with remarkable achievements, without fanfare or fame.
Leisure time: Playing one of the world's great sports - tennis. Writing the great American musical - it's there somewhere on my computer.
Favorite book and movie: "Lord of the Rings" and "Dances With Wolves."