Van Smith

District 7 - Billingsley Van Smith of Billingsley has served on CAEC’s Board of Trustees since May 1994. Mr. Smith has earned his Credentialed Cooperative Director and Board Leadership certificates from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. He taught vocational education 13 years. He then served as assistant principal of Billingsley High School for eight years before becoming principal in 1998. Mr. Smith and his family have been members of CAEC since 1980. He has two sons and one daughter--his wife Ann passed away in the spring of 2008. In 1992, he and Ann represented CAEC at the Alabama Council of Cooperative’s Annual Co-op Couples Conference and served as the host couple the following year. Mr. Smith is a past president of the Autauga County Cattlemen’s Association and currently serves as director. He is a member of Indian Grave Baptist Church in Billingsley where he serves as Chairman of deacons.