Every PhD Program Said No. She Got There Anyway.

In this episode of the Life Fulfilled Podcast, former federal HR executive Tami Smith shares how a closed door led to a 25-year career across seven federal agencies, why she built her own rotational program when no one handed her one, how she raised four kids while pursuing executive roles, and what it means to bring your own weather into every room. Today she’s applying that practitioner’s instinct at The Wilderness Society, a 91-year-old conservation nonprofit.