Office Information Address: The Family Center 366 Somerville Ave. Somerville, MA 02145 Phone: (617) 591-9400 Fax: (617) 591-9401 E-mail: somerville@nspnet.org

Current Leadership

AmeriCorps*National Direct Site Coordinators:
Laura McNulty
     Tufts University, '08
     Community Health and Spanish
Leah Staub-DeLong
     Tufts University, '08
     Community Health and American Studies

Local Directors:
Katie Eddins
     Tufts University, '09
Lisa Pollan
     Tufts University, ‘10
Amanda Harris
      Tufts University, ‘09

Local Advisory Board:
Mark Alston-Follansbee
     Executive Director, Somerville Homeless Coalition
Gregory Ames
     Job Placement Specialist, Mass Rehabilitation Commission
Fred Berman
     Planner, Cambridge Department of Human Service Programs
Lisa Brukilacchio
     Former Community Engagement Specialist, University College, Tufts University
Dennis Fischman
     Director of Planning, Community Action Agency of Somerville
Melissa McWhinney
     Director of Advocacy, Community Action Agency of Somerville
Barbara Rubel
     Director of Community Relations, Tufts University
Ellen Shachter
     Attorney, Cambridge and Somerville Legal Services
Mindy Nierenberg
      Senior Program Manager
Jonathan M. Tisch
      College of Citizenship and Public Service

Office Snapshot

Founding
In 2003, a core group of Tufts University faculty and administrators began working to bring NSP to their campus after realizing that Tufts students were so compelled by NSP's mission that they regularly commuted to NSP-Cambridge to volunteer. In early 2004 with the faculty's support, a team of 20 determined Tufts students began recruiting peers to the movement. Efforts were propelled when then-senior Muzammil Mustafa joined the ranks and took on the fledgling NSP-Somerville as his Scholar project with the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts, a program designed to promote student civic engagement and involvement in the community. In a matter of months, the astounding student response convinced the NSP National Office to include the site in expansion plans and the doors were opened full-time.

Volunteers
Volunteers for the NSP-Somerville office come from Tufts University .

Partners
NSP-Somerville has thriving relationships with organizations including the Somerville Homeless Coalition, the Community Action Agency of Somerville, Cambridge and Somerville Legal Services, and the Somerville Community Corporation. It has also formed partnerships with state-run assistance programs located near the office such as the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance and the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC). In October of 2006, the MRC honored NSP-Somerville at its 50th anniversary celebration with a distinguished service award for NSP's work with the MRC's Job Club and other initiatives that helped Somerville residents with disabilities find employment.