Ray Smith
Ray Smith

Director

704-957-7036

Ray Smith is a director for Wood Partners in the Northeast Region including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut and is responsible for  development, and finance for new projects in the market.  He has been actively involved in nine multi-family communities with a total capitalization in excess of $300 million.

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.