Jess Smith is Head of Revenue for Angel City Football Club (ACFC) where she oversees sponsorship, ticketing, commerce, game day operations, and data. Smith has a passion for creating revenue streams with intent, and is responsible for the club’s purpose-driven sponsorship model that gives back 10% of each partnership benefiting the club’s pillars of equity, essentials, and education. Under her direction, ACFC closed 29 official partnerships to date with sponsorship revenue surpassing $45M. Similarly, Smith led Angel City to accrue over 16,000 season ticket holders in year one, with an expected increase in 2023. Smith currently represents Angel City as the club’s CBO for the NWSL, oversees local broadcast partnerships, and manages the club’s strategic partnerships.

Smith joined Angel City from Major League Soccer’s San Jose Earthquakes, where she spent four years overseeing the club’s partnership portfolio, sponsorship revenue stream, and strategic partner initiatives. Prior, she held similar leadership positions within the NHL, MLB and MiLB including time with the Columbus Blue Jackets and Oakland Athletics. She holds an MSA from Ohio University and BA from SUNY Oswego.

She is a proud Mom to two young daughters, Kipton and Vaughn.