Your coaches and mentor

Meet the people behind your next step.

Engineering judgment, business relationships, and people skills each deserve their own guidance. We start with your goals, then help you find the right person to work with.

Leadership and communication coach

Christina Roberson-Smeltzer

Lead people. Communicate with confidence.

Christina is the coach behind Discover A Better You and The Coach Christina. Her coaching focuses on personal growth, relationships, and intentional leadership. At Civil Match, her role is to help engineers develop the communication and people skills they need for client conversations, team leadership, and difficult decisions at work.

What you can work on

Clear communication and difficult conversations
Self-awareness and leadership habits
Stronger working relationships

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Civil engineering mentor

Dr. Dennis D. Truax

Learn from a career in the profession.

Dennis served as a professor and department head in civil and environmental engineering at Mississippi State University and as the 2022 president of the American Society of Civil Engineers. His experience also includes consulting engineering and leadership as a firm principal and engineering executive. He brings that perspective on engineering practice, business development, and professional growth to his mentoring role at Civil Match.

What you can work on

Engineering judgment and practical experience
Career direction and professional responsibility
The business of engineering practice

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Business relationship coach

Chad Smeltzer

Build trust before the next project.

Chad brings experience in business development, infrastructure sales, and relationships with public works and engineering professionals. His work centers on understanding a client's needs, earning credibility, and staying consistent long before a project becomes a proposal. At Civil Match, he helps engineers develop the business relationships that support the work they want to do.

What you can work on

Client conversations and positioning
Business development and follow-up
Turning infrastructure expertise into client value

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You don’t have to choose your match alone.

Sign up, then tell us about your goals and experience in a 30-minute introduction conversation. We will help identify the coach or mentor who fits what you need.

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