Wynet SMITH is the Coordinator of the United Nations Security Council's Panel of Experts on Liberia. In this role, she is responsible for monitoring implementation of forestry legislation and the Kimberley Process diamond certification in Liberia and overall coordination of the Panel's monitoring of Security Council sanctions on Liberia.

She was a Lecturer in Geography at St Catharine's College at the University of Cambridge from 2005-2008, where she taught on environment and development papers in the Department of Geography's undergraduate degree.

From 1999-2002, Wynet worked at the World Resources Institute in Washington DC. She was the Project Manager for Global Forest Watch (GFW)Canada activities and was in charge of a major mapping project for Canada. She also researched international illegal logging and compliance monitoring issues.

From 1995 to 1999, Wynet worked in northern Canada for co-management and aboriginal organizations. She was Lands Manager for the Kitikmeot Inuit Association, where she was responsible for managing more than 100,000 sq. km. of Inuit owned lands, and for over 2 years for Gwich'in co-management agencies, conducting community based planning of natural resources,including forestry and wildlife resources.

Wynet worked in Ottawa in the early 1990s, including a year as a Research and Legislative Assistant to the Honourable Charles Caccia, a former Canadian Environment Minister. She has participated in environmental projects in Kenya, Thailand and Tanzania and has taught in northern Quebec and the People's Republic of China.

She has a PhD in Geography from the University of Cambridge, a MSc in physical geography from McGill University and a bachelor's degree in English Literature. Awards include a British Academy research grant, a Cambridge University Political Economy Society Trust Fund Scholarship, a Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship, a Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Reserach Council Graduate Student Scholarship, a federal Environmental Assessment Research Grant, and a Canadian International Developement Agency Youth Initiative Program grant.