Erin Smith

Bio:

Based in Charlotte, Erin serves as the Senior Vice President, Impact and Strategic Initiatives Manager of Community Development Banking (CDB). In her current role, she leads the National New Markets and Historic Tax Credits programs as well as spearheads other impactful national initiatives in the community development space. Prior to her current role Erin served as the Sustainability Executive for Global Commercial Banking (GCB), covering more than 10k global clients. In her current capacity, she often participates in external roundtable and thought leadership discussions including; The UN Habitat Roundtable: Decarbonizing the Built Environment and New and Emerging Economic Trends at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Annual and Winter Meetings.

Erin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, with a concentration in Accounting, from Fordham University; and a Master of Business Administration, specializing in real estate, corporate finance and strategy from NYU Stern Executive MBA Program where she served as Class Representative and Co-Chair of the class council. She also holds several Certificates of Achievement and Executive Education in Sustainable Finance, ESG investing, and Leadership from NYU Stern Business School. She is a graduate of the IESE International Business School and NYU Stern’s Inaugural Pathway to C-Suite Program. Additionally, Erin was elected President of the inaugural class and she continues to represent her international cohort.  In May of 2026, Erin earned her Certificate of Achievement from Harvard University in the field of ​Environmental Policy and International Development. 

Erin was a Women’s Basketball D-1 scholarship point guard, Student Athlete representative and team captain for the Fordham University Lady Rams. She enjoys volunteering, mentoring, travel, fitness and spending time with her family.