Curtis Smith, the chief marketing and communications officer for Crosswinds Counseling in Fort Wayne, will be the speaker for Bluffton Mayor John Whicker’s prayer breakfast Thursday, April 13.
Smith is perhaps best known for his 20-plus year stint as the chief meteorologist at WPTA, Channel 21 in Fort Wayne. He left that position in 2016 and was the corporate director of community engagement for Parkview Health for nearly five years. He took his present position at Crosswinds in January of 2021.
The cost of the breakfast is $18 and reservations are due no later than Thursday, April 6. A reservation form for the breakfast can be found at the city’s website at https://bit.ly/3zmRqT0
Smith was to be the speaker for the mayor’s prayer breakfast in 2020, but that event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He has been a speaker at various churches in the area.
Smith earned a bachelor’s degree in radio and television from Southern Illinois University and a certificate of broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State University. He also has a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Huntington University.
