Pamela Smith is President of Verified Voting. She provides information and public testimony on verified voting issues at federal and state levels throughout the US, including to the US House of Representatives Committee on House Administration. She oversees an extensive information resource on election equipment and the regulations governing its use at the federal level and across the 50 states. Ms. Smith is co-editor of the “Principles and Best Practices in Post Election Audits,” co-author of “Counting Votes 2012: a State by State Look at Election Preparedness” and a contributing author for _Confirming Elections: Creating Confidence and Integrity through Election Auditing_. She has been a small business and marketing consultant and nonprofit executive for a Hispanic educational organization working on first language literacy and adult learning. Originally from Chicago, IL, Smith is now a resident of Carlsbad, CA.