Ace Smith Meeting // Bio, Picture

When: 8:30 AM 

Where: SCN strategies;114 Sansome St, San Fran (12 min walk from Hotel Vitale & 5 min walk from ClimateWorks)

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PARTNER, SCN Strategies

Ace is a 30-year veteran of state and national politics and has directed winning campaigns from district attorney to president. With deep experience on the West Coast, he specializes in high-stakes political, governmental and public affairs campaigns.

Over the years, Ace has worked with a roster of clients including Virginia Governor Doug Wilder (1989), Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (1989), U.S. Senator Paul Simon (1990), Texas Governor Ann Richards (1990), U.S. Senator Patti Murray (1992), U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (1992), U.S. Senator Kent Conrad (1994), Congressman Richard Gephardt (1994-2002), California Governor Gray Davis (1998, 2002), U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (1992-2010) and Howard Dean for President (2004).

In 2005, Ace directed Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's underdog campaign for Mayor of Los Angeles, marking the first time since the 1930's that an LA Mayor had been defeated after a single term. In 2006, he ran Jerry Brown's campaign for California Attorney General and during the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary, served as State Director for Senator Hillary Clinton's campaigns in California, Texas and North Carolina. In 2010, Ace and his partners were instrumental in this historic election of San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris as California Attorney General and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom as California Lieutenant Governor. In 2011 Ace ran San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee's victorious campaign and in 2012 he led the historic Proposition 30 effort for Governor Brown.

Ace also has extensive experience advising corporate clients and winning complex initiative campaigns. The subject of several newspaper profiles, Ace was called "legendary" by the New York Times and political campaign manager "heavyweight champion of the year" in the San Francisco Chronicle.