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David B. Smith is the Executive Director of NCoC. Prior to joining NCoC, David served as Founder and Executive Director of Mobilize.org, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to educating, empowering, and energizing young people to become more civically engaged. 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. Smith is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, where he taught a course on National Youth Policy and researched the causes and potential solutions to the youth civic engagement crisis in America.
Founded in 1946 and chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1953, the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) is a leader in promoting our nation¹s civic life. We track, measure and advocate civic participation and engagement in partnership with other organizations on a bipartisan, collaborative basis. We focus on ways to enhance history and civics education, encourage national and community service, and promote greater participation in the political process.