An Indiana University alumna, Smartt received a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology there before continuing her education at Indiana Wesleyan University where she received a master of science in management and is completing her doctorate in organizational leadership.
She has been employed as the associate director of admissions at the IU School of Medicine since 1999. Previously, Smartt was an assistant director of admissions at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., and an admissions counselor at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College in West Terre Haute, Ind.