Staff & Volunteers

Shir Lovett-Graff, Executive Director | [email protected]

Shir Lovett-Graff (they/them) holds a BA in Literature from New College of Florida and an Masters in Religion, Ethics, and Politics from Harvard Divinity School. They have a background in strategic communications, project management, and community organizing, with past roles at Harvard Divinity School, Reconstructing Judaism, and Hebrew Senior Life. Shir is also a founder of Matir Asurim, a grassroots network supporting incarcerated people.

As Executive Director, Shir brings their passion for interfaith and justice-focused work to AAIC, leading operations, fundraising, and network-building within the greater Attleboro area.

Adrianna Clark, Administrative Assistant and Resource Junction Coordinator | [email protected]

Adrianna Clark joined the Attleboro Area Interfaith Collaborative to provide the office with administrative support. She graduated with honors from St. John’s University, Staten Island, NY with a major in Psychology and came to us with experience serving children in need on the Red Cloud Reservation, South Dakota. Her first experience with Attleboro Area Interfaith Collaborative was as a volunteer at the Food n’ Friends Daily Kitchen, First Baptist Church – North Attleboro.

Pamela Tarallo, Food n’ Friends Program Administrator | [email protected]

“It’s so much more than a meal. It’s feeding the soul.” Pamela Tarallo has been with the Attleboro Area Interfaith Collaborative for 23 years. She started as a volunteer 25 years ago and then was hired to work along with the Food n Friends Program Coordinator in 2002. She was later hired as the Program Coordinator. She oversees dedicated volunteers and 10 meal sites in 4 communities, along with a free summer lunch program for kids and teens. Ms. Tarallo ensures that vulnerable members of our community have access to a free hot nutritious meal daily.

Rumni Saha, Interfaith Chaplain | [email protected]

Rumni Saha is the Interfaith Chaplain at AAIC. Rumni describes her faith tradition as Hindu, Unitarian Universalist, and a Religious Humanist. She holds a Master of Divinity from Boston University’s School of Theology and a Master of Education, also from Boston University. Ms. Saha has worked as an Interfaith Chaplain at several Dana-Farber sites and is currently a College Chaplain and the Hindu as well as the Unitarian Universalist Community Coordinator at Wellesley College. As the Interfaith Chaplain, Rumni provides spiritual care at Sturdy Hospital, does community chaplaincy, and engages in interfaith work.

Volunteer Coordinators

  • Betty Cheyne, First Baptist Church, Mansfield
  • Marsha Christianson, Trinitarian Congregational Church, Norton
  • Veronica Clark, First Baptist Church, North Attleboro
  • Joanne Decenzo, Centenary United Methodist Church, Attleboro
  • Carol Frasier, Bethany Congregational Church, Foxboro
  • Brenda Hussey, VFW Post 115, Attleboro
  • Brother Roger Moreau, LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro

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Thank you to the 500+ volunteers and partners that assist year-round with essential programming!