Craig A. Matthews
Smile Chief Executive Officer

Craig A. Mathews, Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for administering daily operations for SMILE Community Action Agency. He works with the SMILE Board of Directors to establish policies and procedures, as well as goals and objectives.

He provides supervisory and administrative leadership in plan-ning, programming, budgeting, implementing and evaluating projects and programs in the tri-parish region of St. Martin, Iberia and Lafayette.

Mr. Mathews also directly supervises six staff members, including the CFO, COO, Director of Services, Director of Grants/Communi-cations, Director of Affordable Housing Development and the Executive Administrative Assistant.

He reports directly to the SMILE Board of Directors, and has been a full-time employee of the Agency for three years.

However, Mr. Mathews has more than two decades of leadership experience in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors, including organizations and businesses he has founded and administered over the years. His experience in community action and social services dates back to 1999 when he served as the Senior Program Planner/Grants Coordinator at the St. Mary-Vermilion Community Action Agency.

Through the years, he has worked as an Executive Director, Fiscal Director, Business Develop-ment Director, Independent Consultant, Housing Development Director, Program Manager and Store Manager. He has also been the founding member of several enterprises, including PediaKare De’ Louisiana and Franklin, LCC. In addition, he serves as managing partner of Familial Healthcare Management, LLC.

In 2018, Mr. Mathews became the leader of the SMILE team. He is also an elected member of the St. Mary Parish Council since 2007, and senior pastor of the Hubbard United Church of Christ.

He has a B.S. in Business Marketing/Management from Grambling State University, and is pursuing his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.