Howard S. Smith
Consultant

Howard S. Smith, Ed.D. recently completed his seventh year as the Superintendent of Schools for the Williamsville Central School District. Before Williamsville, he served for seven and a half years as Superintendent of Schools in East Aurora.

He is now serving as a consultant with HB Solutions LLC and Harris Beach PLLC, and along with his superintendent search work through School Leadership, LLC, will continue to assist and guide school boards and school districts throughout New York State. 

Dr. Smith brings a wealth of experience on a statewide basis. He began teaching in the Albany area in the Bethlehem and Voorheesville Central School Districts.  His transition from teaching to administration began in the Shenendehowa Central School District, a large suburban district in southern Saratoga County, where he was dean of students, social studies department chair, and high school assistant principal.  From there, he served as a high school principal and assistant superintendent for the Poughkeepsie City Schools and as assistant superintendent for personnel in the Gates Chili Central School District in suburban Rochester, before assuming the superintendency in East Aurora.

Dr. Smith has been a faculty member of the New York State Council of School Superintendents Superintendent’s Academy, chaired the New York State Council of School Superintendents statewide Task Force on Teacher and Principal Effectiveness during the 2010-2011 school year, and serves as an adjunct professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo.