Smythe Kannapell

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Director of Finance

Smythe is the Director of Finance at Family Voices, she is a licensed CPA and holds a Master’s of Science degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Maryland- Global Campus and a Bachelors of Public Administration with an emphasis in Demographic Statistics from the University of Mississippi. Smythe brings to Family Voices over 30 years of financial experience and a particular expertise in working with small to medium size non-profits to implement solid financial and accounting practices, improve reporting and transparency and help organizations to use data in a meaningful manner to meet their programming goals.

Having grown up with a brother that had special needs she is passionate about the mission of Family Voices and is excited to help them forward and fund their strategic initiatives. Outside of work Smythe enjoys reading financial thrillers and non-fiction, creating esoteric excel spreadsheets to run her life and boxing.

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With families at the center of health care, all children and youth reach their full potential and health disparities are eliminated.

Our Mission

Family Voices is a national organization and grassroots network of families and friends of children and youth with special health care needs and disabilities that promotes partnership with families—including those of cultural, linguistic and geographic diversity—in order to improve health care services and policies for children.

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