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Paula Y. Smith
Executive Consultant

Paula Y. Smith provides consulting services to ACS Unclaimed Property Clearinghouse, Inc., in Boston, Massachusetts, in the development and marketing of unclaimed property reporting services.

Ms. Smith graduated cum laude from Smith College and received her J.D. Degree from the University of Texas Law School. In 1983, after several years in private practice, Ms. Smith became Director of the Unclaimed Property Division under then State Treasurer Ann W. Richards. During her tenure in this position, Ms. Smith held many offices in the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators, including the office of President.

Ms. Smith served as an Observer to the work of the 1995 Uniform Unclaimed Property Law Drafting Committee, appointed at the request of the National Association of Division Order Analysts.

Ms. Smith currently serves as the secretary of the Unclaimed Property Holder Liaison Council and received the President’s Award for 2001.

Ms. Smith has authored numerous white papers and articles on unclaimed property administration for various publications, such as Solutions in Practice®, the journal of unclaimed property law and affairs published by the ACS Unclaimed Property Clearinghouse, as well as Internal Auditor Magazine, and the magazine of the American Bankers Association. She has presented on abandoned property topics at conferences such as those of the National Association of Division Order Analysts and the Corporate Trust Association.

Ms. Smith’s other interests include habitat protection for endangered species, such as the black-capped vireo and the Texas snowbell. She is a life member of The Nature Conservancy.