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Our Team
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
Virgil L. Smith, MS, CPC, DHL is the Principal Consultant of the Smith Edwards Group, LLC, a consulting and coaching firm that specializes in media and diversity and inclusion consulting. Smith started the firm in October 2015 after retiring from the Gannett Company, where he worked for 24 years as a president and publisher and corporate HR executive, focused on talent development, talent acquisition, talent management and diversity. Prior to joining Gannett, Smith spent 20 years with McClatchy Newspapers in Sacramento and Fresno, California. He counts hundreds of professionals he has assisted with managing and achieving their career and life goals. In addition the firm owns a driving school and real estate company.
HEALTH CONSULTANT
Joann E. Smith, PhD, CNE, APHN-B, CPLC, CPC is a Nurse Consultant with Smith Edwards Group, LLC in Atlanta, Ga., providing health education, program development, professional and personal consulting to individuals, groups, and community-based organizations for the betterment of health care service delivery, and improvement of population health outcomes. Former Chair of the Department of Nursing at Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, GA. Former Nurse Educator Program Coordinator and faculty member at Howard University in Washington, DC. Former nurse faculty member at Western Carolina University in Asheville, NC. Former nurse faculty member at Fresno State College. Former nurse faculty member at University of South Carolina, Spartanburg.
