Lora Lee Smith

Lora Smith is a lifelong resident of the City of Cleveland and lives in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood. She is the founder and Executive Director of North Coast Development Corporation, a faith-based CDC that seeks to use volunteers to change the city. Her philosophy is that you build bridges and partnerships wherever you can. She works with volunteers to paint the homes of low income seniors and disabled persons. As a career missionary Lora leads a house church on the West Side working with the homeless and those in need. She is a graduate of St. Peter High School and Cleveland State University with degrees in Sociology and Urban Studies. Lora is a mother and grandmother, as well as, a surrogate mother for more than 70 children.