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Jane Holland Smith (born January 21, 1948) is a retired educator and a Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana. In 2012, Smith was appointed by Governor Bobby Jindal as deputy secretary of the Louisiana Revenue Department, a full-time position.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Smith takes Jindal Administration role, January 11, 2011 )〕She was subsequently named by Jindal to one of the three appointed seats on the eleven-member Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BESE Member Listing by District )〕 ==Background== Prior to her legislative service, which began in 2000, Smith had been the first woman in Bossier Parish to have been appointed as a high-school principal of Haughton High School in Haughton from 1988–1995 and as superintendent of the public schools (1994–1999).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Stephaan Harris, "After 20 years of service in Bossier Parish, Jane Smith leaves to be a state representative", November 26, 1999 )〕 She is also the first female ever to have been elected as a state legislator from Bossier Parish.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Jane Smith'' )〕 A native of Sabine Parish in western Louisiana,〔 Smith received her Bachelor of Science and her Master of Education degrees, plus thirty additional graduate hours, from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. NSU named her a "Distinguished Alumnus" and invited her as commencement speaker at the 2001 graduation exercises. Smith also completed a course in school principalship at Centenary College in Shreveport.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Louisiana House of Representatives: Jane H. Smith )〕 In 1999, Smith was named the Louisiana "Superintendent of the Year" because of her development of a character education program and a technology plan considered a statewide educational model She has received recognition from the Women's Business Council, an affiliate of the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce. The Young Men’s Christian Association has cited her work in promoting awareness of violence against women. She procured the Advocacy Award from the American Cancer Society. Smith is married to Wendell Scott Smith (born May 27, 1958), the long-serving principal of Benton High School in Benton, the seat of Bossier Parish. Daughter Hillary S. Garner of Plaquemine and her husband, Eric D. Garner (both born 1974), have two children, Holland and Evan. The Smiths attend First Baptist Church in Bossier City,〔 formerly pastored by Fred L. Lowery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jane H. Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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