6 | Influential Businesswoman Awards 2025 Our Influential Businesswoman Awards 2025 are all about recognizing and celebrating women who are truly elevating the corporate landscape, throughout the world. Having spoken with Dr. Smith previously, we are proud to highlight her dedication to her realm of expertise as she continues to have a positive impact on caregivers and their loved ones. An Overview of Dr. Macie P. Smith’s Influential Work e previously sat down with Dr. Smith to discuss her past publications, A Dementia Caregiver's Guide to Care: Just Ask Dr. Macie and A Dementia Caregiver Called to Action: The Journey, and her work across a plethora of influential areas in the interest of improving people’s lives. In September 2024, we published our first article regarding Dr. Smith’s experienced approach to helping others. The Journey to Confidence in Dementia Care introduced Dr. Smith to our readers before we featured her story in our Q4 issue of GHP News at the end of the year. Now, it is an honor to provide you with insights and updates surrounding Dr. Smith’s work over the past six months. Recap: About Dr. Macie Smith As you may remember from our past articles, Dr. Smith offers premium well-being consultancy services via Zoom, connecting with people around the world, which aid in creating a sturdy, positively impactful plan for the right care for each individual – and their caregivers. Dr. Smith also creates comprehensive care guidebooks for Synergy® HomeCare, writes accessible blog posts, sells her books at an affordable rate, and educates others via TV, social media, and radio. In doing so, Dr. Smith continues to give back to the communities around us all. After gaining her bachelor’s and master’s degree from South Carolina State University (SCSU), Dr. Smith went on to attain her Doctor of Education degree from Nova southeastern University. As a SCSU alum, Dr. Smith joined SCSU’s Board of Trustees in 2021 serving as Vice Chairwoman. She’s a Licensed Social Worker for the State of South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners, a Social Worker in Gerontology, and a Certified Social Work Case Manager providing instrumental services to improve the lives of countless individuals. With over 25 years of experience as a social worker and gerontologist, Dr. Smith is deeply involved with aiding caregivers, loved ones, and families with cultivating the best environment for protecting the quality of life for everyone touched by dementia. As CEO and owner of her private geriatric care management practice, Diversified Training Consultants Group, LLC, Dr. Smith has built a hub for helping others. She has been the recipient of awards over the years, such as the AHEC Award in 2017, however, she continues her work not to gain recognition but to educate others and share her wisdom to positively impact the lives of many. Dr. Smith has also been the recipient of the Golden Pen, South Carolina Women in Business, and the Power of Pen awards, which are not only monumental achievements but a true reflection of her influence on the world around her. Atop this, her work as a Court Appointed Guardian and Guardian ad Litem means that she is well-equipped to help vulnerable adults who may have experienced abuse, neglect, or exploitation – which speaks volumes about her dedication to justice, equality, and the utmost care for all. As a WOCS 93.7 FM radio show host, Dr. Smith researches topics for weekly coverage to produce captivating interviews for radio and social media. For example, Dr. Smith’s talk with Taylor Wilson of the SC Alzheimer’s Association about the new Alzheimer’s treatment helped to shed more light on the progression of medical support for those with the disease. Dr. Smith also works with Saltbox TV as an on-air personality who educates and entertains people on the subject of dementia care. She feels that in order to help carers and their loved ones with dementia get more out of life, it is critical to turn what we would normally consider to be a serious and heavy topic into a chance for optimism, love, care, and compassion. Dr. Smith was also an Assistant Professor at Benedict College in Columbia – a private, historically black college Founded in 1870. Her work there ties into her uplifting approach to helping others to bloom, especially as she continues to work with people of all ages and those from under-served communities. Furthermore, as African Americans are statistically twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, Dr. Smith’s involvement in many different projects and positions in our communities feed back into her mission of uniting a network of people – to care for those affected by the conditions which cause dementia. W
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