Director of Opioid Response

Gordon H. Smith, Esq. was appointed by Governor Janet Mills as Director of Opioid Response in January
2019. He is responsible for coordinating and directing Maine’s response to the opioid crisis, including
prescriber education and reduction of opioid prescribing, prevention and treatment of substance use
disorder, and harm reduction strategies. He stepped down as the Executive Vice President (EVP) of the
Maine Medical Association in January 2019, where he had served as its EVP since September 1993 and
where he began as General Counsel in 1981. He graduated from the University of Maine with the
highest distinction in 1973 and from the Boston College Law School, magna cum laude, in 1976. He is a
past Chairman of the American Society of State Medical Association Counsel, a nation-wide group of 140
attorneys representing medical associations. Mr. Smith has also served as Chairman of the American
Medical Association/State Medical Society Litigation Center, the Maine Health Data Organization and
the Advocacy Resource Center of the American Medical Association. He is a former board member and
chair of Quality Counts, a former board member of the Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership, and
the Maine Association of Area Agencies on Aging. Mr. Smith is a frequent lecturer to medical groups on
various medical legal subjects.