Fort Collins Board of Realtors selects Smith for CEO position

FORT COLLINS — The Fort Collins Board of Realtors has appointed Christina K. Smith as CEO. Smith will assume her position Feb. 5. Her hiring follows a national search.

Smith’s background includes 25 years of experience in diplomacy, nonprofit and foundation management, community development, higher education, philanthropy and humanitarian service. She served as a Middle East and Central Asia policy adviser to four presidents. She has served both U.S. and foreign governments and non-governmental organizations in Kuwait, Iraq, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and the Palestinian territories, and spent seven years in Afghanistan after 9/11 helping Afghans…