Terence M. Smith is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Smith’s Research & Gradings. He founded the company in 1992. For more than three decades, Smith’s Research & Gradings has conducted independent research and has provided analytics to finance critical infrastructure assets. Mr. Smith is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Smith Information Services, LLC, which provides restructuring and disaster recovery for critical infrastructure assets of sovereign, sub-sovereign, and non-governmental organizations. In March 2023, Mr. Smith was appointed to the President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) Electrification Subcommittee. In March 2024, he was reappointed to the NIAC to serve on the Disaster Response and Resiliency Subcommittee. Mr. Smith is the Energy Sector lead for the ASCE Committee on Americas Infrastructure 2025 National Report Card.