MEET OUR TEAM
ARCHI was founded by individuals and organizations committed to upstream, cross-sector work.
A long vision propelled by iterative action. We are connecting a broad range of players to plug into our framework and catalyze change. We are beginning to move to scale.
Aisha Williams
Senior Innovation Manager
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.
Aviva Berman
Senior Innovation Manager
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.
Carrie Oliver
Senior Innovation Manager
Carrie received her Bachelor’s in Science in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Tech and her master’s degree in Public Health from Emory University.
Jeff Smythe
Executive Director
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.
Meredith Swartz
Deputy Director
Sophen Joseph
Project Coordinator
Joseph brings experience in administrative support, customer service, social media management, project management, and more.
Teri Wheaton
Communications Specialist
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.
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ARCHI is a growing coalition of public, private and nonprofit organizations committed to improving the region’s health. If your organization shares this goal, please consider joining us.