Our Leadership
Bobby Lee Smith, Executive Director
Bobby brings over 35 years of non-profit organization development and fundraising experience to the Restoration Pointe in support of its ministries of caring for our unhoused neighbors and disrupting cycles of poverty.
Prior to joining the Restoration Pointe’s Team on August 1, 2019, Bobby was self employed and served as a consultant for non-profits and faith based organizations from 2016 to current. Also, served as interim CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of West GA & Chambers County from August 8, 2018 to March 31, 2019.
He worked as Manager of Corporate Sponsorships with the General Council on Finance and Administration (GCFA) of The United Methodist Church from 2011 to 2016.
The majority of his career, he worked with Boys & Girls Clubs of America, a national youth serving organization headquartered in Atlanta, as a Regional Service Director and a Chief Executive Officer (1977 to 2010). His responsibilities included providing leadership and support to advance the mission of local Clubs in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and the Virgin Islands.
Bobby is a graduated of Clark College (Clark Atlanta University), a United Methodist supported HBCU, with a BA degree in Business Administration / Management.
His wife Rev. Dr. Paula B. Smith, is Lead Pastor at Gordon Memorial United Methodist Church, Nashville, TN. His daughter, Brieanna, graduated in May 2019 from Georgia State University in Atlanta with a law degree.
Bobby, blessed with the gift of servant leadership, is a member of Gordon Memorial United Methodist Church and is active in several ministries in the local UM Church and with several nonprofit organizations.