Mark Smith worked as a School Psychologist prior to joining the Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI), specializing in the area of severe behavior in children, youth, and adults with disabilities in schools, outpatient clinics, and Developmental Disability Services agencies. At MMI, he provided behavioral therapy services and consulted with other providers in the Psychology Outpatient Clinical Program at the Munroe-Meyer Institute (2003-2006). He has worked primarily in the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Program at the Institute, to which he received a faculty appointment in 2016. His areas of emphasis include Early Intervention, Leadership and Lived Experience, Public Health, Information Dissemination, Disability Legislation and Policy, Program Development, and serving in leadership roles regarding disabilities supports and services at the local, state, and national levels. In his work in the area of Early Intervention, he served as a Parent Partner to the Early Development Network and as a Board member to the Division of Early Childhood among other activities. He is also the parent of and sibling to young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities.