Cooper Smith Agency

Cooper Smith is an experienced public relations and marketing professional with years of experience in both the non-profit and corporate business sectors. He's worked with a variety of high-profile organizations, including Southwest Airlines, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, American Cancer Society and DDB Worldwide Advertising. He also has agency experience with Cooksey Communications, McCrory & Associates and Meltzer & Martin (now part of Fleishman Hillard).

Cooper is a proud alumnus of Southern Methodist University, where he earned an undergraduate degree in public relations and corporate communications. His unquenchable curiosity about the world around him led Cooper to also study German, Spanish and anthropology while at SMU.

In April 2005, Cooper was honored by SMU's Division of Corporate Communications & Public Affairs as the year's "Rising Star," an award for young alumni of the university (less than 10 years out of college).

An active member in the community, Cooper works with a number volunteer service groups, including the American Cancer Society and the SMU Alumni Association. He lectures at SMU on public relations and has been quoted in PRWeek magazine.

Additionally, Cooper sits on the advisory board to the public relations program at SMU and is a leader within the Dallas chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.