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Professional Biography
Dawn Smith serves as a Partner with Leading
Principals. Dawn brings more than two decades of
experience building and leading diverse teams in large and
complex organizations. Her time spent as a business unit
leader within a renowned international financial services
firm has given her a personal and in-depth understanding of
the accounting, finance and operational functions, as well
as the hands-on experience necessary to understand the
needs of business leaders tasked with building exceptional
teams. Dawn’s earlier career experience in consulting with a
Big Four accounting firm affirms her ability to navigate
various corporate platforms to building successful working
partnerships. Her understanding of the challenges and
opportunities corporations face in today’s business
environment, combined with her passion for talent
management, is widely recognized by her clients and peers.
With a deep network across the accounting and finance
functions, as well as broad connections throughout the
Denver area business community, Dawn serves as a trusted
advisor to local and national clients in their search for
talented executives that drive organizational success.
Throughout her career, she has established trusted
partnerships with senior leaders at high profile companies
across multiple industries to identify and meet operational
and talent challenges and opportunities. Her understanding
of how Fortune and S&P 500 companies work as an insider
and consultant has given her a unique perspective from
which to assess and evaluate opportunities to impact and
benefit her clients.
Dawn leverages her extensive customer service experience
and employee relations expertise in conducting searches in
all functional areas and at the middle management to
senior executive levels. Dawn is a licensed Certified Public
Accountant in the state of Colorado. She graduated with
honors from Metropolitan State University of Denver with a
Bachelors Degree in Accounting and she has held
membership and Board roles with various professional
organizations including AICPA, CSCPA, and Financial
Executives International (FEI).
DAWN SMITH
Partner

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Professional Bio

  • 1. Professional Biography Dawn Smith serves as a Partner with Leading Principals. Dawn brings more than two decades of experience building and leading diverse teams in large and complex organizations. Her time spent as a business unit leader within a renowned international financial services firm has given her a personal and in-depth understanding of the accounting, finance and operational functions, as well as the hands-on experience necessary to understand the needs of business leaders tasked with building exceptional teams. Dawn’s earlier career experience in consulting with a Big Four accounting firm affirms her ability to navigate various corporate platforms to building successful working partnerships. Her understanding of the challenges and opportunities corporations face in today’s business environment, combined with her passion for talent management, is widely recognized by her clients and peers. With a deep network across the accounting and finance functions, as well as broad connections throughout the Denver area business community, Dawn serves as a trusted advisor to local and national clients in their search for talented executives that drive organizational success. Throughout her career, she has established trusted partnerships with senior leaders at high profile companies across multiple industries to identify and meet operational and talent challenges and opportunities. Her understanding of how Fortune and S&P 500 companies work as an insider and consultant has given her a unique perspective from which to assess and evaluate opportunities to impact and benefit her clients. Dawn leverages her extensive customer service experience and employee relations expertise in conducting searches in all functional areas and at the middle management to senior executive levels. Dawn is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of Colorado. She graduated with honors from Metropolitan State University of Denver with a Bachelors Degree in Accounting and she has held membership and Board roles with various professional organizations including AICPA, CSCPA, and Financial Executives International (FEI). DAWN SMITH Partner