Smith appointed

Mark Smith The American Red Cross of Ventura has named Mark Smith of Calabasas to the board of directors.

Smith began his career at Farmers Group in May 2003 as senior vice presidentbusiness reengineering, a position he served in until March 2006 when he was appointed senior vicepresidentchief strategy officer.

Before joining Farmers, Smith was business head for the North America Insurance Project.

He is a graduate of UC San Diego and has taken additional graduate-level studies at UC San Diego and Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.