Artie was born and raised in Fresno California. After earning a degree in Business Administration from CSU Northridge, he returned home where he has worked in the nonprofit sector for over 30 years. The last 20 years, anchored and fueled by his faith in Christ, Artie has focused on deeper rooted place-based community development. In 2008 Artie launched Every Neighborhood Partnership which focused on the mobilization of the Church in Fresno. In 2020, Artie was named the Director of the DRIVE Initiative, a 10-year collective impact initiative that is focused on elevating economic upward mobility for our families living in Fresno’s concentrated poverty neighborhoods. As part of his community-wide work, Artie helped to create the Fresno County Trauma & Resilience Network in 2017. This growing collective of 250+ individuals and organizations has been learning and strategizing on how to develop a more “trauma informed” Fresno County. Through his work with the Fresno County Health Improvement Partnership and the Cradle to Career Initiatives he’s leveraging his networks to build an overall collective impact approach to addressing both the individual and community traumas by building resilience in our youth, families, and neighborhoods.