What You Don't Know About Jean Smith
Title & Company: Managing Partner, UCR.
What that means: I have the privilege of working with just about everyone in the entire company on a weekly basis.
Memorable project: Coordinating the Dallas–Fort Worth rollout for Sprouts Farmers Market.
What you’re known for: Servant Leadership.
Pictured: ICSC Texas 2013, grabbing a quick lunch between meetings.
Hometown: Dallas.
Currently live: Dallas.
Why DFW? All my friends and family are here. What a great city to live and work!
School: Texas Tech.
First job: Washing buses for Continental Trailways in downtown Dallas while I was in high school.
Job in another life: Drilling waters wells in East Africa.
Person (living or dead) to meet: Jesus Christ.
Greatest fear: “Be anxious for nothing.” Philippians 4:6-7
Daily habit: Morning devotional.
Favorite music group: U2.
Favorite book: Half Time by Bob Buford.
Favorite movie: Forrest Gump.
Favorite restaurant: Mi Cocina.
Bucket list: A trip to the Holy Land with my family.
Family facts: My wife and I just celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary this year. We are blessed with two teenage sons who we love to travel with.
Hobbies: Hunting, fishing, skeet shooting, and scuba diving.
Startling fact: I have my Texas pyrotechnics license and used to professionally shoot commercial fireworks shows for several years.