ʻO David J. Smith he 30 mau makahiki a ʻoi kona ʻike ma ke ʻano he kākāʻōlelo, kumu aʻo ʻoihana, loio, mea uwao, mea aʻo, a mea aʻoaʻo. Ua kūkākūkā ʻo ia me nā koleke he 400 a puni ka US a ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i nā kūkākūkā he 500 e pili ana i ka maluhia, ka hoʻonā ʻana i ka hakakā, ka hoʻopono kaulike, a me ka hoʻonaʻauao honua. ʻO ia ka pelekikena o ka Ka Hale Kōkua no ka Peacebuilding a me ka Humanitarian Education, Inc., kahi 501c3 non-for-profit e hāʻawi nei i nā manawa kūpono i ka haumāna no ka haumāna a me ka ʻoihana. I ka wā ma mua, he luna ʻo ia no ka papahana ʻoi loa a me ka luna o ka US Institute of Peace. Ua aʻo ʻo David ma ke Kulanui ʻo Goucher, Ke Kulanui ʻo Georgetown, Ke Kulanui ʻo Towson a i kēia manawa ma ke Kula no ka ʻImi Kūʻē a me ka Hoʻoholo ma ke Kulanui ʻo George Mason. ʻO David kahi US Fulbright Scholar ma ke Kulanui o Tartu (Estonia) kahi i aʻo ai ʻo ia i ka hoʻopaʻa haʻawina maluhia a me ka hoʻonā ʻana o ka paio. Loaʻa iā ia ka makana ʻo William J. Kreidler no Distinguished Service i ke kahua o ka Conflict Resolution i hāʻawi ʻia e ka Association for Conflict Resolution. ʻO David ka mea kākau o Nā Hana Paipai: He Kumu alakaʻi a ka haumāna e hoʻomaka ai i kahi hana lawelawe no ka maluhia (Kaʻike hoʻopuka makahiki 2016) a me ka hoʻoponopono o Ka Paipai Paipai i nā Kōkua Kulanui: He Kumu Kumu (USIP Press 2013). Nā wahi e nānā nui ai: ka maluhia.
