Robert Smith

Robert E.
Smith currently works at Global Action, as Chairman, Musical Instrument Museum, as Director, National Association of Manufacturers, as Director, and El Faro Ephraim Foundation, as Trustee.
Mr. Smith also formerly worked at Columbia Pipeline Partners LP, as Secretary, Director & General Counsel, GenOn Energy Holdings, Inc., as Associate General Counsel from 2000 to 2004, NiSource, Inc., as Secretary, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel from 2013 to 2015, Progress Energy, Inc., as Associate General Counsel from 2005 to 2008, Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc., as Secretary, Senior Vice President & General Counsel from 2014 to 2016, Dykema Gossett PLLC, as Associate, CPP GP LLC, as Secretary & General Counsel, Arizona Public Service Co., as Executive VP, Chief Legal & Development Officer in 2025, and Pinnacle West Capital Corp., as Executive VP, Chief Legal & Development Officer in 2025.
Mr. Smith received his graduate degree from The Ohio State University and undergraduate degree from the University of South Alabama.