Christina K. Smith was Director of Major Gifts and Vice President for Advancement at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy from 1999-2001.
Smith was Director of Advancement for the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1998-1999. She was Director of Institutional Advancement for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute in Wilmington, Delaware from 1997-1998. She was Director of Alumni Relations for Huntington College in Huntington, Indiana from 1995-1997.
Smith earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and Biblical studies from Huntington College in 1989 and a Master of Arts degree in international relations from the University of Virginia in 1994. She was also a doctoral student in international relations at the University of Virginia.