Jill Archer

Jill Archer is the Vice President of Behavioral Health at CareOregon, the state’s largest provider of Medicaid health services. In this role, she oversees the Medicaid behavioral health benefit for half a million Oregonians. Since joining CareOregon in 2016, Jill has been at the helm of major efforts to integrate behavioral health into coordinated care systems in the Portland metro, northwest Oregon and Jackson County regions, as well as lead efforts to stabilize the safety net provider network during COVID-19, and respond to a statewide substance use disorder crisis.

A social worker by training, Jill brings special expertise in youth systems of care, wraparound services and value-based payment models.

Before joining CareOregon, Jill served the Behavioral Health Director and later Deputy Director of Health, Housing and Human Services at Clackamas County where she oversaw the system of care including crisis and safety net services. Jill has a Master of Social Work from Arizona State University and an MBA in healthcare from Oregon Health & Sciences University.