New Macon-Bibb health administrator discusses vaccine rollout and building trust Dr. Jimmie Smith is a Central Georgia native who returned to care for his community as the department's health administrator. Author: Sarah Hammond Updated: 7:38 PM EST February 4, 2021 MACON, Ga. — The Bibb County Health Department welcomed someone back home last month. Dr. Jimmie Smith is a Central Georgia native who returned to care for his community as the department's health administrator. Smith says he knows public health is where he is meant to be. "I look at a much broader picture than the folks I have just in the room," he says. "You also begin to notice trends across the community."