Director’s Community Leadership Award

The Director’s Community Leadership Award was created in 1990 as a means for the Director of the FBI, through his Division’s Special Agents in Charge, to publicly recognize individuals or organizations who have achieved outstanding success in their efforts to combat crime, drugs, terrorism, and violence in the United States.

2008 Director’s Community Leadership Award Recipient
Mrs. Barbara Smith Roanoke, Virginia

Mrs. Smith recently retired from a 19 year career with the Roanoke Refugee and Immigration Services Office. Considered one of the largest resettlement sites in Virginia, Mrs. Smith was successful in resettling over 3,000 refugees from 31 different countries. Her support of law enforcement provided a certain credibility and allowed the immigrants to more freely have contact with the FBI. Her dedication to the refugee population of Roanoke and her support of law enforcement has earned her this special award.

Prior recipients of the Director’s Community Leadership Award