Olivia Chatman

Olivia Chatman (she/her) is a Program Manager for Equitable Food Systems at Reinvestment Fund, based in Atlanta. In her role as Program Manager, she supports the design, implementation and administration of national and Southeast focused food program initiatives, including Reinvestment Fund’s national USDA Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI), as well as other programs and partnerships working to improve food access, strengthen food systems, and increase economic opportunity in the food sector for historically underserved communities. Her professional background includes work in community development, managing locally and state-funded arts & culture grants in southern Louisiana, in addition to providing research assistance in Georgia Tech’s Healthy Places Lab, where she has participated in multiple projects highlighting the connections between the built environment and public health. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Anthropology and a master’s degree in City & Regional Planning from Georgia Institute of Technology.