
Trenton Smiley is Capital Area District Libraries (Michigan) Marketing and Communications Director. He is also the Treasurer on the Board of the Library Marketing & Communications Group, which produces the Library Marketing and Communications Conference each year. With a MBA in Marketing and over 20 years of library marketing experience, Trenton has earned numerous honors, including ALA’s prestigious John Cotton Dana Public Relations Award and the Michigan Library Association’s Award of Excellence. He has also helped two different libraries win the Library of Michigan Foundation's State Librarian's Excellence Award.