Tom
Smythe grew up in Kansas and Nebraska. He obtained a Bachelors
Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Nebraska and a
Masters Degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of
Kansas. He accepted a job with the Lake County Department of Public
Works in 1987, and has lived in Lake County ever since.
Tom
enjoys living in Lake County, boating, mountain bicycling, and
enjoying the great outdoors. Tom is married to Jackie, and has three
adult daughters and one grandson. Tom serves on the Board of the
Friends of Boggs Mountain, a non-profit formed to enhance the
visitor's experience in Boggs Mountain State Land Trust Tom joined
the Land Trust and the Board to help preserve the beautiful open
spaces in Lake County that make it such a wonderful place to live.