Director
Ray Smith is regional director for Wood Partners’ Specialty Housing Group in the Northeast Region and is responsible for driving the development, financing, compliance, and positioning of workforce, senior and student housing. He has secured the debt and equity for $190 million of workforce housing developments.
Prior to joining Wood Partners in 2004, Smith worked at Bank of America for seven years. After two years of handling commercial real estate loan originator for securitizations, he was promoted to Vice President in charge of financing affordable housing developments. Before to that, Smith was employed by Laureate Capital, where he was involved in the financing of apartments, retail, industrial, office and hotels. In total, Smith has closed approximately $1 billion of real estate and derivative financing for income-producing properties.
Smith is a graduate of Bryant University with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a focus in Finance.
