Rodric Smith

Dr Rod Smith is a consulting faculty member at KS Insight and brings over two decades of experience in academic leadership, program development, and experiential education. Dr. Rodric Smith is a retired United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel. During his 24-year career, he served 12 years in various roles within the nuclear missile operations career field and 12 years in support of the US Air Force Academy. During his time in the career field of nuclear missile operations, Rod served as a crew commander, instructor, chief of training, executive officer, tester, and strategic planner. During his nine years at the US Air Force Academy, Rod taught undergraduate and graduate-level leadership courses to help students and officers develop authentic leadership skills and leaders of character. He designed and implemented coaching programs, leadership seminars, and multi-year leadership development.

Currently, he serves on the boards for the AK Rice Institute as Vice President and for the Adaptive Leadership Network as Chair of the Programming Committee to prepare leaders to address the toughest challenges in communities worldwide. He holds a doctorate in leadership studies from the University of San Diego, a master's in adult education from Central Michigan University, and a bachelor of science in behavioral sciences from the US Air Force Academy. His research focuses on the transformative role of love in leadership practice and development at the personal, interpersonal, team, and organizational levels of leadership to advance respect for human dignity in communities.