[3] Smorgon's other roles and positions included Director of Federation Square, Deputy Chairman of Melbourne Health, Director of The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and Trustee of the Victorian Arts Centre Trust.
[4] In 2002, Smorgon joined the Board of directors at the Carlton Football Club.
[5] In April 2006, Smorgon took over the Presidency of the Carlton Football Club after Ian Collins stood down.
[6][7] He held this position until he failed to win a board position in the February 2007 club election that elected Richard Pratt as President of the Carlton Football Club.
[9] Also in Smorgon's tenure as president of Carlton, In September 2006, Smorgon was involved in a board of the club coup plot to push for the removal of senior coach Denis Pagan, Smorgon then reversed this position and declared his full board support for senior coach Pagan and extended Pagan's contract as senior coach until the 2008 season.