Dr. David Goldberg is an Internal Medicine physician and Assistant Clinical Professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. He is also a Young Adult Advisory Board Member for Hilarity For Charity, and an Alzheimer's Congressional Team Member for Alzheimer’s Association.

Joyce (Joy) Balls-Berry, Ph.D., M.P.E. is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine and Core Leader for the newly established Health Disparities and Equity Core in the Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (under the direction of John Morris, M.D.). Prior to joining Washington University School of Medicine, Dr. Balls-Berry was an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Mayo Clinic. Her work as a scientist centers on increasing awareness of the importance of community-patient engagement in research to increase health equity in minority and under-resourced communities.

Dr. Macie P. Smith is a Licensed Social Worker and Gerontologist with more than two decades of experience working with aging and vulnerable populations and their family caregivers. She conducts research, develops programs, conducts program evaluations, and facilitates professional development training in the areas of health care management, family caregiving, Alzheimer’s, dementia, and cognitive impairment.

Dr. Smith is the CEO of Diversified Training Consultants Group, a Geriatric Care Management group that promotes quality education and training for health and human services practitioners and family caregivers. She is the author of A Dementia Caregiver’s Guide to Care, a guidebook of frequently asked questions that will provide practical guidance throughout the caregiving journey. She also is an Associate Profession in the Social Work Department at Benedict College.

Dr. Smith has published several peer-reviewed journals and newspaper articles geared towards strengthening senior and blended families. She recently won the Golden Pen by the Post & Courier Newspaper for her Letter to the Editor urging state leaders to re-open nursing homes to family caregivers to provide emotional support to seniors.