Jessica Smith
Position
Assistant Director of Orientation and First-Year Experience
Full Biography
Jessica Smith (she/her) is currently the assistant director of orientation and first year experience. Jessica joined Berklee right before the 2025 spring semester as a resident director. Previously, she served as a graduate hall director at the University of Delaware, where she received her master's degree in cognitive science. She also received her bachelor's degree in neuroscience from the University of Delaware.
In her current role, she oversees and coordinates programming that supports students and families as they transition to become part of the Berklee community.
Her hometown is Wilmington, Delaware. Smith loves to rock climb, write plays and poems, play pickleball, and engage on and behind the stage of theatre performances.