BIOGRAPHY OF MATT SMITH

Matt has been the Assistant Controller for Alexander & Baldwin since 2001. Prior to that he was an audit manager with Ernst & Young in the Honolulu office, where he was responsible for the audits of clients in a wide range of industries.

Matt first moved to Hawaii in 1982 as a nuclear trained engineer where he was stationed onboard submarines at Pearl Harbor. He left the Navy in 1988 to help start up the H-power plant in Kapolei, Hawaii, while he earned a degree in accounting at Hawaii Pacific University. Following this he accepted a position as an auditor with Ernst & Young. He is currently attending the Executive MBA program at the University of Hawaii. Matt lives with his beautiful wife (Mylin) and baby daughter (Jaylin) in Mililani.

I'm excited to be a part of an organization with such a strong history of contribution to the success of agriculture in Hawaii. Although not a farmer, I have a great deal of respect for their hard work and the contributions they make to our communities.