{"id":25376,"date":"2024-09-19T12:51:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T12:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test11.f5test.in.ua\/?post_type=advisory-boards&#038;p=25376"},"modified":"2025-12-19T00:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T00:56:46","slug":"wendy-smith","status":"publish","type":"advisory-boards","link":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/about\/advisory-boards\/wendy-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendy Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wendy Smith\u00a0is a technology change-maker in the health and public sector industry with a history of working in IT &amp; telco sales environments.<\/p>\n<p>Wendy is also a dedicated concussion and wellbeing advocate, committed to fostering awareness and promoting proactive measures for brain health and safety in sports. She is passionate about educating communities on the impact of concussions and empowering individuals to prioritize their mental health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>Her advocacy started in 2016 when her son Jack suffered a severe concussion which led to his participation in a rehabilitation program through the Child and Adolescent Brain Injury Unit at the Women\u2019s &amp; Children\u2019s Hospital in South Australia.\u00a0 Wendy recently lost her eldest son Antonio Lo Iacono in 2023 from a catastrophic head injury while playing country football.\u00a0 As a result of her passion,\u00a0grief,\u00a0resilience and determination to make a difference, Wendy has brought to life Antonio\u2019s legacy &#8211; Happy Lid Hats.\u00a0 Happy Lids is a symbol of safety in sports and brain health.\u00a0 It is important to protect your lid and look after your wellbeing. Each hat sold contributes to raising funds for the Concussion Legacy Foundation, while enabling Wendy and her family to continue to honour Antonio\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n<p>Together we can make a difference, safeguarding the future of our athletes and raising awareness around the severity of concussions and head trauma.\u00a0 Together, let\u2019s build a safer, more resilient future. #ConcussionAwareness #wellbeingAdvocate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wendy Smith\u00a0is a technology change-maker in the health and public sector industry with a history of working in IT &amp; telco sales environments. Wendy is also a dedicated concussion and wellbeing advocate, committed to fostering awareness and promoting proactive measures for brain health and safety in sports. She is passionate about educating communities on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28756,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"advisory_boards_categories":[],"class_list":["post-25376","advisory-boards","type-advisory-boards","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wendy Smith - Concussion &amp; CTE Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wendy Smith\u00a0is a technology change-maker in the health and public sector industry with a history of working in IT &amp; telco sales environments. Wendy is\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/about\/advisory-boards\/wendy-smith\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wendy Smith - Concussion &amp; CTE Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wendy Smith\u00a0is a technology change-maker in the health and public sector industry with a history of working in IT &amp; telco sales environments. Wendy is\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/about\/advisory-boards\/wendy-smith\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Concussion &amp; CTE Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-19T00:56:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Wendy-Smith-e1766103559710.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1928\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1924\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/concussionandcte.org\\\/en-au\\\/about\\\/advisory-boards\\\/wendy-smith\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/concussionandcte.org\\\/en-au\\\/about\\\/advisory-boards\\\/wendy-smith\\\/\",\"name\":\"Wendy Smith - Concussion &amp; CTE Foundation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/concussionandcte.org\\\/en-au\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/concussionandcte.org\\\/en-au\\\/about\\\/advisory-boards\\\/wendy-smith\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/concussionandcte.org\\\/en-au\\\/about\\\/advisory-boards\\\/wendy-smith\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/concussionandcte.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Wendy-Smith-e1766103559710.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-19T12:51:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-19T00:56:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"Wendy Smith\u00a0is a technology change-maker in the health and public sector industry with a history of working in IT &amp; telco sales environments. Wendy is\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/concussionandcte.org\\\/en-au\\\/about\\\/advisory-boards\\\/wendy-smith\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/concussionandcte.org\\\/en-au\\\/about\\\/advisory-boards\\\/wendy-smith\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/concussionandcte.org\\\/en-au\\\/about\\\/advisory-boards\\\/wendy-smith\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/concussionandcte.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Wendy-Smith-e1766103559710.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/concussionandcte.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Wendy-Smith-e1766103559710.jpeg\",\"width\":1928,\"height\":1924},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/concussionandcte.org\\\/en-au\\\/about\\\/advisory-boards\\\/wendy-smith\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/concussionandcte.org\\\/en-au\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wendy Smith\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/concussionandcte.org\\\/en-au\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/concussionandcte.org\\\/en-au\\\/\",\"name\":\"Concussion &amp; CTE Foundation\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/concussionandcte.org\\\/en-au\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wendy Smith - Concussion &amp; CTE Foundation","description":"Wendy Smith\u00a0is a technology change-maker in the health and public sector industry with a history of working in IT &amp; telco sales environments. Wendy is","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/about\/advisory-boards\/wendy-smith\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wendy Smith - Concussion &amp; CTE Foundation","og_description":"Wendy Smith\u00a0is a technology change-maker in the health and public sector industry with a history of working in IT &amp; telco sales environments. Wendy is","og_url":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/about\/advisory-boards\/wendy-smith\/","og_site_name":"Concussion &amp; CTE Foundation","article_modified_time":"2025-12-19T00:56:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1928,"height":1924,"url":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Wendy-Smith-e1766103559710.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/about\/advisory-boards\/wendy-smith\/","url":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/about\/advisory-boards\/wendy-smith\/","name":"Wendy Smith - Concussion &amp; CTE Foundation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/about\/advisory-boards\/wendy-smith\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/about\/advisory-boards\/wendy-smith\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Wendy-Smith-e1766103559710.jpeg","datePublished":"2024-09-19T12:51:06+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-19T00:56:46+00:00","description":"Wendy Smith\u00a0is a technology change-maker in the health and public sector industry with a history of working in IT &amp; telco sales environments. Wendy is","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/about\/advisory-boards\/wendy-smith\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/about\/advisory-boards\/wendy-smith\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/about\/advisory-boards\/wendy-smith\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Wendy-Smith-e1766103559710.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Wendy-Smith-e1766103559710.jpeg","width":1928,"height":1924},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/about\/advisory-boards\/wendy-smith\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wendy Smith"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/","name":"Concussion &amp; CTE Foundation","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/advisory-boards\/25376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/advisory-boards"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/advisory-boards"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"advisory_boards_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/advisory_boards_categories?post=25376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}