Tia Smith is the approved candidate for constituency 1, St George’s North.
She is a Hamilton parish resident, raised in St. David’s and Smith’s parish. Her family history is based in St. David’s and St. George’s and many of her family and friends remain there to this day. Whilst she currently lives slightly outside of constituency 1, she is and will always be an East End girl, especially during Cup Match.
She attended St David’s Primary, Warwick Academy, Saltus PGY and then majored in English Literature at Acadia University.
She worked for several years at Telcom (now Digicel) and was a store manager for a year before deciding to branch into another career. She worked at AIG for 12 years, in Financial Lines Underwriting, Axis Capital and is now an Assistant Vice President, Financial Lines Underwriter at Liberty Specialty Markets.
She holds her Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU) and Associate in Underwriting (AU) designations as well as, most recently, received the Cyber Professional Liability Practitioner (CPLP) designation.
She served on the Board of Directors for the Bermuda Zoological Society for 10 years and the Board of the Bermuda Education Network for two years.
Passionate about young people experiencing a robust and enriching education, Tia served as the PTA President at Prospect Primary for two years and the PTA President at East End Primary for a year. She regularly volunteers at the Aquarium and for a feeding programme. Her hobbies include reading, crocheting and diamond painting.
Above all of this, spending time with her family is one of the most rewarding and important things that she does.
In 2012, she married Tim Smith and have the joy of three kids in their lives whom they are particularly proud of. Willow (16) was the Head Girl at East End Primary, Rowan (11) was the Head Boy at East End Primary and Bryony (5), they suspect, will take over the world someday.
