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Nathaniel Q. Smith, Jr.

Public Policy Manager
Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc. (ANDP)
235 Peachtree Street - NE
Suite 2000 - 20th Floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Phone: 404-420-1594
Email: nsmith@andpi.org

Nathaniel Smith serves as Public Policy Manager for the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc. (ANDP) within its Mixed Income Communities Initiative (MICI) Department. In this position, Mr. Smith conducts research, education and advocacy on key policy issues that impact neighborhood revitalization in the metropolitan Atlanta region. Nathaniel's work on issues such as gentrification, transportation, inclusionary housing policies, Housing Trust Fund development, and mixed-use development financing will help ANDP determine how to proceed with building mixed-income communities in the region, building coalitions, and facilitating dialogue around equitable development issues.

A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Nathaniel began his career in Community Economic Development as a child of civil rights movement activists. Through years of exposure to social justice advocates, he became involved as a youth volunteer with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and later served as a National Youth Spokesperson for the organization.

Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Urban Studies from Morehouse College. Nathaniel received his Masters of Science degree from the Robert J. Milano School for Management and Urban Policy at the New School for Social Research. While attending Morehouse, Nathaniel received the prestigious Woodrow Wilson Fellowship for Public Policy and International Affairs. During his matriculation through the Milano School Nathaniel received the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Fellowship.

Among his many acknowledgments, Mr. Smith was selected for the National Congress for Community Economic Development (NCCED) 2000 Emerging Leaders Program; the Outstanding Young Person of Atlanta Award in 2003, Georgia Trend Magazine's 40 under 40 list in 2006 (cover), and The Atlanta Business Chronicle's "Up and Comers" List in 2006. Nathaniel is a graduate of the Regional Leadership Institutes class of 2004; the 2005 Inaugural class of Leadership Atlanta's L.E.A.D Atlanta program for Young Professionals; the 2006 Inaugural Class of Georgia Stand-Up's Atlanta Civic Leadership Network Institute (CLNI), and the 2006 class of the Faith and the City Leadership Institute.

Mr. Smith currently serves as an advisor to the National Rural Funders Collaborative (NRFC), The Civic League for Regional Atlanta, The Urban Land Institute Atlanta District Council Housing Committee, The Atlanta Regional Commission's Environmental Justice Planning Team, the Atlanta Housing Association of Neighborhood Based Developers, and the United Way of DeKalb County Housing Committee.

Nathaniel serves on several boards including the City of Atlanta Beltline TAD Advisory Board, The Grady High School Foundation and the IMPACT! Group.

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