Jennette Smith Kotila is the CMO & Partner at Mort   Crim Communications Inc, a Detroit-based integrated marketing firm. MCCI is a 27-year-old firm specializing in communications projects that help clients create lasting relationships with their audiences. Prior to her career in marketing and public relations, Smith Kotila was a longtime business journalist, serving as a reporter and then the Editor of Crain’s Detroit Business.

Smith Kotila’s key skills include marketing and PR strategy, digital/social media campaigns, writing and editing, and multiplatform content marketing.  Prior to joining MCCI, she most recently served as vice president/director of marketing for the business group now known as Dominion Real Estate Advisors. Smith Kotila is a member of the governing board of Warren-based mentoring nonprofit Winning Futures and is a past board member of the Commercial Real Estate Women – Detroit chapter.  She is the chair of the marketing council of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Board of Trustees and is a national and Detroit chapter member of the Public Relations Society of America.  She's also an executive board member of the Troy Community Foundation.