The Business Roundtable Celebrates Women Business Owners in March: Renee McSwain, D.O.M., L.Ac., Acupuncturist, Chinese Herbalist, and Owner Sagelight Integrative Wellness Center (Online)

In March the Business Roundtable is  celebrating women business owners. Each month HCLS co-hosts an online roundtable focusing on a local business owned by a Person of Color in Howard County. The owner shares the experiences and challenges they face as a local business owner. The March Roundtable discussion will be moderated by Patricia Newby, MBA, President and Founder of Strategic Business Partnerships. Includes time for Q&A. The Business Roundtable meets monthly on a Tuesday evening.

In partnership with Ujamaa Business Roundtable, a roundtable of African-American business owners from the counties of Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Baltimore and Baltimore City.

If you have questions or if you are business owner that would like to be featured at one of our monthly roundtable discussions, please email us: HCLS.BusinessRoundtable@hclibrary.org.

Our featured guest at the Roundtable this month is: Renee McSwain, D.O.M., L.Ac., Acupuncturist, Chinese Herbalist, and CEO & Owner Sagelight Integrative Wellness Center. 

Dr. Renee McSwain has worked as a producer/director in the entertainment and healthcare industry for over 15 years. Dr. McSwain's experience spans from coast to coast taking up residence in both Los Angeles, CA and Washington, DC allowing her to work bicoastal. Dr. McSwain worked for several public relations/consulting firms spanning from Washington, DC to Los Angeles, CA. She helped manage outreach efforts on behalf of clients including associations, federal agencies, and independent filmmakers. Through her experience in communicating healthcare messages to the public for various federal government agencies, she realized the disparity in the amount of complementary healing therapies being communicated to the public.

Upon having her first child, Dr. McSwain suffered from unbearable neck pain that disabled her from caring for her young infant. She began to seek acupuncture treatment. Almost overnight, her pain diminished and the experience of healing left an everlasting impression on her. Her life completely changed and the course of her journey transitioned from communicating about healthcare to being an instrument for healing. Dr. McSwain's current clinical practice spans from helping her patients recover and heal from physical/psycho-emotional trauma to spiritual enhancement. She fully believes in supporting her clients on a body, mind, spirit level. Dr. McSwain holds a doctorate degree in Oriental Medicine from Maryland University of Integrative Health based in Laurel, MD.

Dr. McSwain specializes in Mental and Behavioral Health, Women's and Men's Health through Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine. Dr. McSwain's clinical practice spans from helping her patients recover from physical/psycho-emotional trauma, chronic pain management, endocrine diseases, autoimmune conditions, gynecological health, prostate and urogenital health, and health/wellness maintenance. Her practice also spans to those seeking spiritual enhancement. She fully believes in supporting her clients on a body, mind, spirit level.

Specialties: Mental and Behavioral Health, Men's health, Women's health.