Jeffrey M. Smythe is the executive director for the Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI). He has dedicated his career to the alleviation of human suffering, poverty, isolation, and inequities and to organizations that make a transformative impact in such areas. During his nearly 30 years of nonprofit leadership, his work has ranged from housing, homeless and hunger alleviation to aging services, from HIV services to international development, from refugee and foster family support to youth development and mental health. Jeff led teams ranging from 5 employees to 140 employees; annual budgets from $750,000 to $17,000,000; geographic focus from local community to international.

One of the hallmarks of Jeff’s leadership has been stakeholder feedback and engagement processes. Whether for strategic planning, diversity equity and inclusion plans, or feasibility studies, Jeff has seen the power of engaging stakeholders in planning and ensuring those with lived experience have a voice.

In his most recent leadership role with HOPE Atlanta, Jeff led an unsheltered-to-hotel-to-housed triage case management process in partnership with ARCHI, Partners for HOME and other partners, that successfully and permanently housed more than 500 individuals amidst the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. He also led the securing of the highly coveted Bezos Day One Fund grant ($2.5M) in recognition of the organization’s impact and innovation around family homelessness solutions.

Jeff’s calling to this work stems from summer youth trips to the Navajo nation to repair homes and his volunteer year with the Harvard Institute for International Development-WorldTeach in rural Central America.  He enjoys time with his family, cross fit, star wars, and practicing his Spanish.

Aisha Williams is the Deputy Director for the ARCHI team. Aisha’s portfolio supports ARCHI’s Invert the Burden Strategy and contributes to the collective impact strategy, Community Resource Hubs, and various regional and statewide Community Health Worker projects.

Aisha brings a wealth of experience in care coordination, community health worker models and collective impact strategies. Aisha will contribute to the standardization and advancement of the Community Health Worker role in the State of Georgia and work with local community partners to create strong community resource hubs that will address the social determinants impacting health outcomes among the most vulnerable.

Aisha received her bachelor’s in Human Development and Family Studies from Colorado State University and her Master’s in Health Studies from the University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa.

Ashley Allen is a research associate for the Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI). Allen has experience in community engagement, coordinating health outreach initiatives, and leading resource coordination efforts. Her skills in strategic partnership development are crucial to driving impactful outcomes and enhancing community health services.

At ARCHI, Ashley is committed to advancing the mission to invert the burden from those in health distress. She focuses on boosting community engagement efforts and fortifying partnerships to tackle social determinants of health in Atlanta. By promoting coordinated care and comprehensive, cross-sector strategies, Allen is dedicated to advancing practices that strengthen essential links between clinical settings and community resources.

Aviva Berman is a Senior Innovation Manager for ARCHI. Her areas of expertise include population health, health care strategy and community engagement. She has significant experience in grant implementation and evaluation at both the city and state levels.

At the center, Berman supports ARCHI as a health systems strategist as part of the Invert the Burden initiative by further developing a Community Resource Hub and bolstering the partner network to address social determinants of health in the Atlanta area. By promoting care coordination and upstream, cross-sector work, Berman is working to improve practices to support critical clinical to community linkages.

Cindy Clark is responsible for the organization’s financial management. She provides strategic leadership, direction, and administrative oversight to business and financial operations. She is responsible for maintaining budgetary records, as well as providing budget analyses and projections for the department’s state-appropriated funds.

Samuriel Hina is the project coordinator for the ARCHI team. Hina brings experience in management from her background in the medical field working with nonprofit organizations and grant-funded projects. Her areas of expertise include the coordination of events, planning, and logistics.

Hina supports ARCHI in their mission to collaboratively invert the burden from those in health distress by working closely with the executive director to provide administrative assistance in scheduling, coordinating meetings, planning special events, communication, making travel arrangements, and coordinating payment of invoices.

Annelise Gilmer-Huges is a senior project associate for the ARCHI team. She brings expertise in quantitative and qualitative research, monitoring and evaluation, and health promotion. Her portfolio of work focuses on adolescent mental health, substance misuse, and co-occurring disorders. Her research interests include intersectional solutions to health inequities, social determinants of health, and health outcomes among various LGBTQ+ communities.

Derrick Vore is the business manager for the ARCHI team. He is responsible for providing financial support, pre- and post-award management, contracting, budgeting management, travel, and invoicing.

Teri Wheaton is the communications specialist for ARCHI. Her professional background is in marketing and communications, graphic design, web design, and film production. Teri’s role is to provide internal and external marketing support for ARCHI, including development of marketing materials and maintenance of the website.

Teri received her bachelor’s degree in media studies from Radford University and her master’s degree in film and video from American University. She also received her MBA from Georgia State University.