Janna Smith's campaign for Gaston County Board of Education Member is her first entry into politics.

Janna is the director of enrollment and product development for Pierce Group Benefits. Previously, she has worked in small business employee development for OneAmerica, as a recruiting coordinator for Darton Group Consulting, as a promotional consultant and trainer for BMG, and an accounts payable coordinator for Little & Co. Commercial Property Management.

Janna is from Oak Ridge, Tennessee but attended middle and high school in Gaston County, graduating from Ashbrook High School. She has a bachelors degree in liberal studies and elementary education from Belmont Abbey College and a masters degree in human resource development from Clemson University. Janna and her husband have twin boys. She volunteers on the Camp Horizon Committee of the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Charlotte, as a Guardian Ad Litem of Gaston County, a board member of Queen City Power Connections, and as a board member of the Providence Plantation Home Owners Association.