Ron Smith

Ron Smith is a Melbourne based publicist specialising in community awareness campaigns with a history of community environmental and consumer activity over thirty years. From leading a major conservation group in the Dandenong Ranges to the development of the Victorian Government’s first water conservation campaign ‘Save Three Buckets a Day’, he has maintained a constant interest in environmental education. He trained as an art teacher and was responsible for having first aid tips included in Telephone Books and created the community awareness program for compulsory pool fencing into Victoria. He developed the concept and charter for the introduction of Victoria’s Good Samaritan Day. In 2011 he was recognised as the Victorian Volunteer of the year by Disability Sport and Recreation for his work with Limbs 4 Life amputee golfers. He was the Chairman of the Think Pink Breast Cancer Foundation.