Ms. Smith was appointed to the Board of Trustees in June 2023 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of George Gaukler as a Trustee of the Trust. Ms. Smith has worked for Best Buy Co., Inc., a publicly held retailer of consumer goods headquartered in Minnesota for many years and in 2023 was as as Vice President of Tax for the company. Ms. Smith is a daughter of George Gaukler, a founder of the Trust and a member of its Board of Trustees from 1997 until his resignation in June 2023. Ms. Smith obtained a degree in accounting from the University of North Dakota and her juris doctorate from the University of Minnesota.
