Prior to becoming the first Director at The Global Resource Initiative (TGRI), Dr. Smith was the Senior Advisor for International Biodefense for the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Health Affairs and was detailed to the U.S. State Department Office of International Health and Biodefense. Prior to this Dr. Smith served as the Acting Director of the National Biosurveillance Integration Center. In this capacity he was responsible for setting the vision and strategy of a US Government-wide effort to acquire, aggregate, integrate, analyze, interpret and disseminate all-source biosurveillance information from governmental and private sectors for epidemiological analyses and health protection. Dr. Smith also was the Department of Homeland Security’s first Chief Veterinarian and served as the Chief Scientist for the Office of Health Affairs.