A Sharpe Outlook: The Native Learning Center

Georgette Palmer Smith, the Executive Director for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Native Learning Center joins the show to discuss the program and it\'s benefits.

Georgette Palmer Smith

Georgette Palmer Smith, CMM, is the Executive Director for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Native Learning Center. In 2010 she joined the team as Director of Administrative Services Program Director for the Native Learning Center.



She has served as Director of the Forum and Conference Services for the University of Oklahoma and brings over 24 years of experience in planning and arranging hundreds of different concepts of meetings, trade shows and special events from coast to coast. Georgette is the former Director of Meetings for the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) in Fairfax, Virginia, and Senior Project Manager for the William H. Natcher Conference Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.



In the early 1990’s Georgette began her career as the Director of Convention Services for the National Congress of American Indians in Washington, D.C. During her tenure there she was assigned as the White House Logistical Coordinator representing NCAI for the historic meeting between President Bill Clinton and all 545 Tribal Leaders at the White House on April 29, 1994.



Georgette is a former member of the Tampa Bay Area Chapter and the Oklahoma Chapter of Meetings Professional International, has served on the Membership Committee and Nominations Committee and was elected Vice President of Education. She has also served on the Meetings Professional International Research Advisory Panel from 2006-2009. Georgette was named “Meeting Professional to Watch in 2009” by Conventions South Magazine. She was recently certified by First Nations Oweesta as a Financial Education Trainer.



Georgette graduated from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications. She attended the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, the School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University where she completed her Certification in Meeting Management. Georgette is a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma and has Choctaw descent. She resides in Cooper City, Florida with her Chihuahua “Paco”.

The Native Learning Center