Jason Smith

Jason W. Smith serves as the Senior Community Development Advisor for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. He leads the Rural Investment Collaborative, a new Bank initiative to improve economic improvement in small towns and rural communities. A signature focus of the Collaborative is to provide training that can help more communities develop viable proposals. The Richmond Fed is partnering with rural hubs to make this happen. Simultaneously, partners are working with national and regional funding organizations to help them increase the availability of and access to the funds needed to bring projects to life.