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Jonathan Smith, born August 29, 1950, is the founding partner of Jonathan Smith Investment Counsel, LLC, in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.

On December 15 1996, Jonathan, his daughter, Alison Smith North (Nee Alison Ayers Smith), his son, Justin Winship Smith, his wife, Anne Flegal Smith (nee Anne Ayers Flegal) invented, assembled, wired and raised the first Lighted Christmas Ball, which has grown into a cherished and widely embraced family tradition, starting with a core of enthusiastic supporters at the corner of Ridgeway Drive and Madison Avenue in the Greensboro, NC Sunset Hills neighborhood, soon expanding city wide, then to the Triad, other cities in North Carolina, the United States, and Europe and Australia.

Five years ago, the core supporters of the Lighted Christmas Balls founded Shine the Light on Hunger, to raise awareness of and find solutions to end hunger. Shine the Light on Hunger began very simply, with the collection of 527 pounds of canned goods and redistribution to Greensboro Urban Ministry and Second Harvest Food Bank of North West North Carolina.