2027 Arizona Statewide Founders Day
Keynote Speaker
An Inspiring Voice for an Extraordinary Celebration.

FEBRUARY 26–28, 2027 | CASINO DEL SOL | TUCSON, ARIZONA

MEET OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Beverly Evans Smith is a long-term community volunteer, ardent civic collaborator, and an innovative leader. In her diverse career, she has held significant professional leadership positions in the education, corporate, government and non-profit sectors.

Smith is the 26th National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and current Chair of the Board for “D4Women in Action”, which she founded in 2020 as the first of its kind 501(c)4 political action organization to be established by a Black Greek letter organization. She also currently sits on the Executive Committee of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) where she serves as the Co-Chair of the International Affairs Committee and is a member of the Board of Directors
for the Omega Network for Action (ONFA), the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity ‘s 501(c4).
As an entrepreneur, she is also the senior vice-president of The HR Group Inc., a management consulting firm she has co-owned with her husband, Stephen, for over 30 years and is a highly regarded public speaker.

Smith retired from the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) as the Assistant Commissioner and Georgia State Director for Adult Education and GED Testing. In this role she provided adult education training programs for an average of 69,000 Georgia citizens annually with a staff of over 1200 educators and support staff at 450 sites across the state. Smith also testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee representing the issues faced by adults with literacy challenges.

Among her numerous honors and awards, Smith received the Community Hero Award from the Roswell (GA) Organization for Community Development, was a recipient of Atlanta’s prestigious Phoenix Award, a UNCF Maya Angelou Women Who Lead Honoree and the Network Journal 25 Influential Black Women in Business Award. Smith was also selected as the 2017 Outstanding Georgia Citizen by the Office of the Secretary of State and named the 2020 Georgia Outstanding Individual by the Georgia General Assembly. Her alma mater, Bowling Green State University, named her to their Academy of Distinguished Alumni. She is a “History Maker” as named by The HistoryMakers, a national African American historical registry which is housed in U.S. Library of Congress.

The Smiths have been married for 55 years and have two married children: Brian (Rashan Ali)Smith; Stacy (Dr. Jason) Frazier; and five grandchildren.

Join Us for an Unforgettable Weekend

We can't wait to welcome you to Tucson.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

2027 Arizona Statewide Founders Day | Tucson, Arizona

Restored. Renewed. Reconnected.

Beverly E. Smith

26th National President of

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2027

Casino Del Sol    |.  Tucson, Arizona

Founders Day Luncheon   |   11:30 AM