Diane K. Smith is a retired public interest attorney, having led Somerset Sussex Legal Services, Legal Services of Northwest Jersey, and the Housing Justice Project at Seton Hall Law School.

Diane began riding in her 40s at Lord Stirling Stables and has participated in several clinics with the National Mounted Police Services. She became a horse owner in 2006 and boards her retired standardbred, Pride, at New Song Stable.

Her daughter Anna introduced the family to horsemanship, and her daughter Laura is a police sergeant in Alabama and a certified Mounted Police Instructor.