David B. Smith

David B. Smith is the Executive Director of the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC). Founded in 1946 and chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1953, the NCoC defines modern citizenship through tracking, measuring and promoting civic engagement in partnership with leading organizations on a bipartisan, collaborative basis. NCoC enhances history and civics education, encourages national and community service, and promotes greater participation in the political process.

Prior to joining NCoC, David founded and served as the Executive Director of Mobilize.org, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating, empowering, and energizing the Millennial Generation to increase civic engagement and political participation. Under his tenure, Mobilize.org expanded from a team of 10 students to over 30,000 activists with a presence in over 200 communities in 40 states and published the acclaimed "Mobilizer's Guidebook" and Democracy 2.0 Declaration.

David currently serves as the co-founder and Vice Chair of the Youth Policy Action Center. He also serves on the board of directors of Common Sense California, Prepare the Future, Americans for Generational Equity, and Mobilize.org.

David graduated from Berkeley with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. While at Cal, he taught a class on National Youth Policy and researched the causes and possible solutions to the Youth Civic Engagement crisis in America.