Kathryn Lawler serves as the Executive Director for the Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI). Kathryn’s 20 year career has focused on cross-sector interventions to address complex social problems.

From her earliest days as a case worker in downtown Atlanta, her graduate school research and her tenure in a variety of roles at the Atlanta Regional Commission, she has worked to bring together transportation, housing and healthcare systems to support vulnerable populations. Most recently she led a large team as Manager of the Aging and Health Resources Division and Director of the Area Agency on Aging for metro Atlanta.

Kathryn holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s degree from Harvard University.

Kristi Fuller serves as the Impact Manager for ARCHI. Kristi has worked in several areas of community health including policies and programs for older adults and people with disabilities, the educational pipeline and licensing of the health workforce, and philanthropic investments seeking to improve health outcomes.

She currently provides support for ARCHI’s strategic and conceptual planning, infrastructure development, meeting design, and evaluation. Kristi is passionate about working with the ARCHI staff, steering committee, and partners to collectively address local health disparities and share our experiences with others interested in addressing similar issues across the country.

Kristi received her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Michigan and her Bachelor’s in Social Work from the University of Georgia.

Robyn N. Bussey is a Community Health Strategist for ARCHI. Robyn facilitates ARCHI’s community-based work in Fulton County.

She has been a part of the ARCHI team since 2012 and launched ARCHI’s engagement in the Tri-Cities community of South Fulton County in 2014. Robyn has experience in community health through engaging communities to assess the health of their neighborhoods and working with residents and organizations to build coalitions that design and drive the work of community health improvement. She is committed to highlighting and addressing the persistent inequities that impact a substantial number of the residents in the Atlanta region.

Robyn received her Master’s degrees in Business Administration and Health Administration from Georgia State University and her Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Florida A&M University.

Mondie Tharp serves as the Systems Change Project Manager for ARCHI. In this role, she works to advance and support ARCHI’s systems change strategies, which are currently focused on care coordination for diabetic patients and value-based healthcare. Mondie’s previous work has focused heavily on improving health and economic outcomes in vulnerable populations, both domestically and internationally. Her areas of expertise are in program design and implementation as well as monitoring and evaluation. Mondie holds a Master of Public Health degree from Emory University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from William and Mary.

Kimberly Bass provides administrative and strategic support to the ARCHI collaborative. She helps to manage member engagement, prepare for and execute strategic meetings and assisting core staff members in a variety of activities.

Kimberly has an extensive history supporting health systems change work through her role at GA State University’s Georgia Health Policy Center. She has a BA from Mercer University and is pursuing her Masters in Public Administration at Troy University.

Teri Wheaton is the communication specialist for the Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement. Her professional background is in marketing and communications, graphic design, web design, and film production.

Wheaton provides external and internal marketing support for the organization including website maintenance, event and conference support, and design of marketing collateral.