About
Donald Malcolm Smith is an accomplished public sector executive with a distinguished career spanning the federal government and the nonprofit sector. Throughout his career, he has held senior leadership positions with the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Labor, the National Archives and Records Administration, and the U.S. Small Business Administration. He currently serves as Deputy Secretary for the Maryland Department of Social and Economic Mobility. A recognized leader in public administration, he has represented the Small Business Administration and the Minority Business Development Agency on national taskforces and initiatives that support underserved communities. He earned a Master of City and Regional Planning from Morgan State University, where he later served on the faculty, pursued doctoral studies in public administration at the University of Baltimore, and is a member of the Pi Alpha Alpha Public Administration Honor Society.