Sam has spoken at workshops and seminars at more than 80 Catholic (arch)dioceses, 10 National Catholic Education Association
conferences, the Florida Catholic Conference, the annual American Montessori meeting, New York State Non-Public School
Administrators Conference, the Missouri Synod Lutheran Education Association, Evangelical Lutheran Education Association.
His close relationships with the most accomplished leaders in private education include: Carl Moser, former president of CAPE
(Council of American Private Education), Fr. Tom Gallagher (former Secretary of Education for the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops), Fr. Vincent Kelly, Vicar General for the Archdiocese of Miami, Chuck O’Malley, former head of non-public schools at
the U.S. Department of Education, and countless superintendents.
In 2006, Smart joined forces with ParishPay, to offer even more comprehensive financial solutions for private and parochial
schools. On the announcement combining Smart with ParishPay, Rosen says, “In my working with schools across the country for
close to 40 years, after much guidance, I decided that it was essential to give schools access to the most comprehensive program
to provide schools with financial stability. It has been the most exciting moment in Smarts 18 year history.”