LaTida Smith
Senior Program Officer
Phone: 216-431-8010
Fax: 216-431-8015
Email: lsmith@saintlukesfoundation.org

 

LaTida Smith is the senior program officer for community grantmaking at Saint Luke’s Foundation.  In this capacity, she directs the Foundation’s responsive grantmaking portfolio in the areas of health and healthcare, human services and neighborhood empowerment.  During her tenure at Saint Luke’s, LaTida streamlined the community grantmaking process to expand partnerships with grantees and led the implementation and evaluation of program logic models for outcome measurement.

 

Prior to joining Saint Luke’s Foundation in January 2003, LaTida oversaw the City of Cleveland’s HIV/AIDS Unit, distributing $2.5 million in federal funding annually to programs supporting HIV prevention and care services for people living with HIV/AIDS.  Her professional experience includes serving as a Community Educator for Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland and an adjunct instructor at The Ohio State University.

 

LaTida serves on the board of directors of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and Funders Concerned About AIDS.  She was selected as an American Marshall Memorial Fellow, Association for Black Foundation Executives Connecting Leaders Fellow and Cleveland Bridge Builder.  LaTida has also been recognized by Crain’s Cleveland Business 40 Under 40 and Kaleidoscope Magazine’s 40/40 Club. 

 

LaTida obtained a bachelor’s degree in English and Women’s Studies from Ohio Wesleyan University and master’s degrees in English and Women’s Studies from The Ohio State University.