Lieutenant General Leslie C. Smith, U.S. Army (Ret.) currently serves as Vice President for Leadership and Education at the Association of the United States Army, a visiting leadership professor at Georgia Southern University’s Parker College of Business, CEO of LV Smith Corporate Group, LLC, and a director on several corporate boards. Commissioned from Georgia Southern University in 1983, he became a Chemical Officer in 1985 after graduating as a distinguished military graduate with a degree in accounting. His final active‑duty assignment (2018–2021) was The Inspector General of the U.S. Army, the first Chemical Officer to hold that role. As a general officer, he served as the 25th Chief of Chemical, Commandant of the U.S. Army CBRN School, Commanding General of the 20th CBRNE Command, Commanding General of the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood, and Deputy Inspector General.
He holds master’s degrees from Central Michigan University and the National Defense University and is co‑authoring a forthcoming leadership book, All the Difference (Summer 2026). LTG Smith and his wife, Vanedra, have two adult daughters, one a CEO of a branding firm and the other an Army OB/GYN resident.