Sandie Smith is the first woman in Pinal County to be elected to the Board of Supervisors. The fourth term Supervisor is a 37 year resident of Pinal County and owned a local business from 1970 to 1999. Elected in 1986 to the Governing Board of the Apache Junction Unified School District, Smith served as President from 1988 to 1993. As a member of the Arizona Association of Counties, she has served in all office capacities including President. She is also a member of the County Supervisors Association.

Supervisor Smith’s committee involvement includes the Central Arizona College Foundation Board of Directors, Past President of the Apache Junction Chamber of Commerce Board, Chairman of the North Eastern Pinal Economic Partnership (NEPEP), Chairman of the Enterprise Zone Commission, Pinal County Arizona Planning Committee for Economic Development, San Tan Regional Park Committee, Member of the Superstition Vista’s Steering Committee, Pinal County Town Hall Committee, Member of Empowerment Systems Incorporated, past member of the Arizona Corporation Commission’s Line Siting Committee, and Committee Member of the Focus Future Team in Florence. She also serves on the Military Affairs Commission for the State of Arizona. She is an Organizing Member of the Apache Junction Boys and Girls Club and a member of the Soroptimist of Apache Junction.

She and her husband, Thomas Smith have been married for 46 years and have three children: Sheryl, David, and Kenneth and six grandchildren, Ashley, Kirsten, Davis, Abbott, Cassandra, and Nicole.