Chief Relationship Officer and Project Director (HIV/AIDS)
Richard Smith has been with the Foundation for over a decade and serves as Chief Relationship Officer (CRO) and the HIV/AIDS project director. In the CRO role, he focuses on creating equity and reducing conflict. Smith’s goal is to create a positive, cross-collaborative culture in the workplace and hopes to increase job satisfaction, morale, engagement, and retention among staff. As the HIV/AIDS Program Director, he provides program and technical support to grantees, including assistance with grant applications, funds utilization, database management, and capacity building. He has extensive experience in quality management, program design, and community development. Smith has a mental health counseling background and earned his bachelor’s in psychology from Lock Haven University and a master’s in social work from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to JHF, he was a quality manager and crisis social worker for more than four years at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia.