Profiles: Barbara Smith

Barbara Smith
Barbara Smith

Board member Barbara works on logistics and communications for Working In Concert. Retired from AT&T where  she was responsible for Sales and Customer Service training, Barb has taught at Loyola University and Harper College. She holds a Master’s degree in English and is a certified instructor for Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.

As a singer, Barb’s repertoire includes jazz, blues, folk music and cabaret. She has performed at Davenport’s, Underground Wonder Bar, Rosa’s Lounge, Chief O’Neill’s and the Cliff Dwellers Club, and was the winner of the 2018 Skokie Idol Contest. She participated in the Singers Jazz Workshops in 2014 and 2015 in Paris; participated in the first Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion in 2017, and has been an active volunteer organizer of the Cabaret Connexion ever since.