He served as president of the Florida Marlins from 1994 to 1998, taking over after the death of Carl Barger.
[1] After graduating from college, Smiley worked at WFRV-TV in Green Bay first as a cameraman and then as an assignment reporter.
[2] He went on to work as district sales manager for Hoffmaster Paper Company in Oshkosh from 1979 until 1982 when he left to become the director of marketing for the Honda Classic PGA Tournament in Florida in 1982.
[3] Smiley was hired in 2004 as the CEO of Summerfest,[4] an annual music festival held at the Henry Maier Festival Park along the lakefront in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
In 2012, Smiley's compensation as Summerfest CEO was $886,185[5] according to Milwaukee World Festival.