Keisha Smith

MBA

Grants accounting manager

Keisha is the Ryan White Wellness Center’s Grant Accounting Manager. If asked she would say she’s “all things money.” She and her team manage the spending and reconciliation of all funds spent by RWWC and report the use of funds to the hospital system, federal government, and other entities from whom we receive funding. She also assists with the preparation of grant applications related to budgeting and ensures the center remains compliant. She received her Master‘s in Business Administration in Finance and Management from Claflin University and her Bachelor’s in Business Administration from South Carolina State University. She always wanted to work in the financial field, but after working in finance and banking she came to realize her work was harming others. She chose grant administration as a means of utilizing her skills and talents to help others. This brought her to the Ryan White Wellness Center, where her work improves the lives of our patients every day. She enjoys that her work feels at times like a puzzle she’s challenged to solve, often finding herself knee-deep in policy searching for a way to allocate money for the center’s many endeavors. She’s lived in Orangeburg, Columbia, and finally Summerville, and is finishing up her sixth year at the Ryan White Wellness Center. If you’re looking, you might find Keisha cheering on the Cowboys, traveling with her husband, or spending time with her nieces and nephews.