About The Candidate

Gerald Smith is a high school math teacher, who came to Indiana via public schools in St. Louis, Missouri, Portland, Oregon, Renton, and Washington State. Gerald also spent three years working with communities in East, and Southern Africa on increasing access to quality education. Gerald has also worked as a community organizer, coordinating a national health care coalition focused on eliminating racial disparities in health outcomes, leading a successful federal campaign to reauthorize an important health program for low-income children, and publishing living wage reports which helped to improve conditions for low-wage workers. 

Since coming to Pennsylvania, Gerald has been an active volunteer in his community, and has led film festivals and community news radio/web programs, raised funds to expand farmers market access to low income residents, and led a campaign that resulted in the formation of the Indiana County Sustainable Economy Task Force. 

As a Borough Councilor, Gerald has been led the Public Works Committee through upgrades of our Waste Water Treatment Plant, and provided focus on stormwater management to alleviate flooding. Under Gerald's leadership as Vice President, the Boro has taken concrete action to be a Sustainable,  Welcoming Community, with a focus on civil rights. Gerald has led Ad-Hoc community groups on bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, borough communication and social media, and the hiring team.

Gerald most enjoys spending time with his family, Dr. Amanda Poole, and children, Griffin, 12, and Zuzu, 10, bicycling, spending time outdoors, travel, and thinking of creative solutions to old problems. 

He received his Bachelors degree from Northwestern University in Mathematics and Philosophy.