Delois H. Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a

diversity subject matter expert. Ms. Smith retired after 35 years of

service at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) where she

held two successive Vice President positions: initially as Vice President

for Student Affairs and a second position as Vice President for Diversity

and Multicultural Affairs. During her UAH tenure, Ms. Smith held

progressively responsible administrative positions in the areas of race,

culture, ethnicity and inclusion.  Following her service to diverse

student populations, faculty, staff and administrative constituents, she

was appointed by the UAH president to serve as Chief Diversity Officer

and charged to develop the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for

the UAH campus and serve as diversity liaison in service to the

Huntsville, Alabama community.

In these university administrative positions, she was responsible for

strategic planning, fiscal management, and staffing of these university

offices serving faculty, staff, students and administrators. Areas of

responsibility included Affirmative Action, Equity, EEO issues, Federal

and State compliance concerns, Title IX compliance, diversity

programming and training, consulting, and community outreach.

Ms. Smith is a graduate of the University of Florida with a B.A. in

Psychology and a Master’s in Educational Psychology.  She is an

Intercultural Development Administrator (QA, IDI). She is the Founder

and President of Deep Waters Counseling and Consulting Services,

LLC and continues to serve as a professional consultant to local and

national companies and organizations.

Licenses and Certification:

• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

• National Certified Counselor (NCC)

• Florida LLC

Awards

• Outstanding Staff Award

• The Outstanding Contribution to Higher Education Award by the

  Alabama National Association of Student Personnel

  Administrators

• Educational Leadership Award by the Alabama A&M University Alumni Association

• Alumni Association with resolution by the City Council and Mayor

  of Huntsville, Alabama

• Diversity Subject Matter Expert recognition by the Huntsville

  Diversity Leadership Colloquium

• Race and Culture Award by the Interfaith Mission Service Agency

• Champion of Diversity Award from the Huntsville/Madison County

  Future and Beyond Symposium

• Citizens’ Advocate for the Federal Bureau of Investigation/

  Birmingham-Huntsville Division

  Community Involvement

• Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council (Huntsville, AL)

• Huntsville City Human Relations Commission (Huntsville, AL)

• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Task Force (Huntsville, AL)