West Hartford Resident Named To MCC Board Position

WEST HARTFORD, CT — The Manchester Community College Foundation has named a West Hartford resident to its board of directors.

Shay Smith (Class of 2015), of West Hartford, has been elected to serve a through June 30, 2023.

Smith is employed by Bristol-based ESPN as a format analyst in the programming and original content department, serving ESPN's international networks.

She serves on her ESPN department’s diversity, equity and inclusion task force, as well as on a diversity advisory board to the chairman and executive leadership team. Prior to ESPN, Smith interned at 3d PR & Marketing in New York City and iHeartMedia/iHeartRadio in Connecticut, eventually being hired as a national sales assistant for the latter.

Smith is general manager of the GHPA (Greater Hartford Pro Am) Youth Basketball Program, Inc., a non-profit amateur youth basketball organization.

She holds an associate degree from MCC, where she earned the 2015 Community Engagement Award and a bachelor’s degree from UConn, both in communication.