Mike Smith grew up on a farm in New Kent, Virginia, just east of Richmond. He attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA and graduated in 2000 with a B.S. in Computer Science. During his senior year at W&M, he was discipled by Percy Strickland, who later went on to found Church Hill Activities & Tutoring. Mike moved to Richmond in 2000 and programmed pharmaceutical software for 6 years. For the past 2 years, he has worked for Media General in their Interactive Media department, focusing on website development and search functionality. Mike has been involved with Church Hill Activites & Tutoring since 2004, and has served on the board since 2005. Mike met Ashley Lee while tutoring at CHAT in 2005, and they later went on to marry in 2006. He has attended Peace Hill Christian Fellowship in Charles City County, VA for the past 10 years and played guitar on their worship team. He has recenlty been attending East End Fellowship since it began in February 2008. Among other things, Mike enjoys travelling, playing music, serving others, working on his backyard vegetable garden, spending time with family and friends, and squeezing in a game of disk golf every now and then.
