Karla Smith
Business Officer
BBA, Finance and Economics, Baylor University, 2008
MBA, Baylor University, 2015
Karla Garrett Smith, CPA, succeeded Ralph Sherman as Business Officer for Information Technology Services, University Libraries, Mayborn Museum, and Baylor University Press upon his retirement on June 1, 2024. She oversees daily financial operations of this large division in the university and a team of Financial Administrators and Financial Managers. Smith graduated from Baylor's Hankamer School of Business with a BBA in Finance and Economics in 2008 and earned an MBA in 2015. She received CPA certification in 2020. From 2008 until 2016, Smith supported Baylor University Press as manager and then director of finance and operations. She transitioned to Baylor's accounts payable office in 2016.