Carla Smith

Youth Director

Carla Nanette Smith, once a Sunshine Band and Purity Class member, started working with the Sunshine Band in 2000 as an assistant within her local church. She then became President of the Sunshine Band in 2005 within her local church, Mt. Olive Church of God in Christ in San Diego, California. In 2010, Carla traveled to the 60th International Women’s Convention where several members of her Sunshine Band participated. In 2013, Carla became the Sunshine Band President within the Southern California 2nd Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, under the leadership of the late Bishop George D. McKinney & State Supervisor Mother Gloria Lynch. In 2017, Carla became the Sunshine Band President of the Northern Nevada 1st Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction; under the leadership of Bishop Luther J. DuPree Jr.  and State Supervisor Mother Bertha Mullins. Carla enjoys little people and the desire to teach them young so they can grow with a love for Christ in their hearts.