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MEET OUR STAFF聽

At the Center for the Common Good, we connect with campus and community partners, organize specific programs and projects, provide guidance service opportunities, provide education and mentoring, and support the 麻豆入口 campus and our global community. 

 

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Kate Giancatarino
 Executive Director 
St. Rita Hall, Rm. 121 
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Kate is the Executive Director of the Center for the Common Good. In this role, she works with the whole team, as well as campus and community partners, to ensure we are offering high-quality community engagement programs and working with communities to address the needs that arise.

Kate is the advisor for the Back on My Feet group and facilitates a Caritas section of Communitas. Kate has a Master's of Social Work and a Master's of Pastoral Ministry from Boston College and is currently a part-time PhD student in the Theology department. In addition to her professional and academic roles here at Nova, Kate is a mom to three incredible girls and a resued black lab named "Thunder". She loves to watch them find their passions in sports, dance, and theater, and enjoys being outside with them, hiking and exploring.

Her partner, Anthony, works in the climate justice field, so they often have the opportunity to meet people in communities who work for justice in a variety of ways.  In any free time she has, she volunteers with her kids鈥� school and dance school and engages in amateur photography. Her favorite food is cacio e pepe and she loves pretty much anything sweet鈥� and coffee鈥� always coffee 馃槉

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Dan Griffin
Director, VU Partnership with CRS
St. Rita Hall, Rm. 114
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Dan Griffin is with the Center for the Common Good within the Office for Mission and Ministry at 麻豆入口 and is the Director of the 麻豆入口 Partnership with Catholic Relief Services (CRS). 麻豆入口 has partnered with CRS to advance compassion, justice and peace, and foster solidarity with the world鈥檚 poorest and most vulnerable people through education, research, direct service and advocacy.

Dan comes to 麻豆入口 after more than a decade of service in both CRS in East Africa and as part of the Maryknoll Mission Association of the Faithful.

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Marcy Andersen, MA '21
Assistant Director for Local Service and Community Engagement
St. Rita Hall, Rm. 118
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Marcy, a native Chicagoland resident, moved to Pennsylvania in 2014 to attend college at Eastern University in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Marcy graduated from Eastern with a B.A. in Youth Ministry and a B.A. in Biblical Studies.

Grounded in her Christian-Catholic faith, Marcy was eager to continue her education at 麻豆入口 by joining the Graduate Resident Minister team and graduated with an M.A. in Ministry and Theology in May of 2021. After spending some time working in Residence Life at Bryn Mawr College, Marcy began working full-time at 麻豆入口 in January 2023.

Marcy serves as the program director for RUIBAL, a first-year service program that provides 麻豆入口 students the opportunity to serve at after-school programs in the greater Philadelphia Area. Marcy also oversees the Center for the Common Good鈥檚 Holiday Outreach programs, like the Thanksgiving Donation Drive (Turkey Drive) and various Christmas Donation Drives. 

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Joshua Kammerer, MDiv
Associate Dirrector, Student Formation and Community Engagement 
St. Rita Hall, Rm. 120 
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Josh Kammerer, MDiv, has a passion for forming students who commit to patterning their lives for something greater than themselves, who recognize that their own good and thriving are found in seeking first the good and thriving of others. He is also passionate about matching resources with needs and about building multilateral connections among 麻豆入口鈥檚 community partners for the benefit of all.

He is the program director for Community Outreach of 麻豆入口 (COV), a program dedicated to connecting 麻豆入口 students to weekly service in the community. He also co-directs the Philadelphia Area Social Justice Internship (PASJI), a paid summer internship program out of both the Center for the Common Good and the Center for Peace and Justice Education, that places interns with community partners doing the work of social justice. Josh received his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Religious Studies, with a cognate in Computer Science, from the University of South Carolina-Columbia.

Following graduation, he spent a life-changing year as an AmeriCorps volunteer at the Harambe Family Center in LA County, California, teaching math, tutoring kids, and rebuilding the Center鈥檚 IT infrastructure. He earned his Master of Divinity (MDiv) from the Yale Divinity School at Yale University, also earning a Certificate in Educational Ministry in Schools and Colleges from the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale.

He has served as a hospital chaplain resident in trauma and mental health units (southern CT). He has served in ministry settings at churches and campus ministries in DC, Northern VA, and NW Indiana. He has also taught courses in theology and religious studies here at 麻豆入口.

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Abigail Gorman
Assistant Director of Service Immersion Programs
St. Rita Hall, Rm. 116
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Abigail is the assistant director for service immersion programs. 

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Farhad Wedee
Assistant Director
St. Rita Hall, Rm. 117 
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Farhad is the Assistant Director for the Center for the Common Good within the Office for Mission and Ministry at 麻豆入口. He serves as the advisor for the 麻豆入口 Refugee Empowerment Organization and is a first-generation refugee himself.

Farhad brings over a decade of experience with governmental and international organizations in the Middle East and Asia, contributing to medium to large-scale operations. He is dedicated to providing structured, empathetic, and effective support to vulnerable populations and is a staunch advocate for peace and humanitarian efforts.

              

Meet Our Student Workers!

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Alexandra Schuster
I support our local service programs by effectively handling program coordination, document management and local service site photography.

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Maeve Garvey
At the Center for the Common Good I am a general office assistant focusing on administrative tasks and document retention to help keep things in order and running smoothly. I really enjoy this job since it allows me to utilize my organizational skills in a meaningful way by promoting the Center's important mission of community service. 

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Grace Fonkalsrud
Coordinates Social Media and biweekly newsletter and other administrative tasks. I volunteer through RUIBAL and I love the CCG because of the community formed here through a shared passion for service!

              

Meet Our Grad Students!

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Alexis Atwood

CCG Position: Graduate Assistant for Service & Justice Experiences and CASA

I love helping to connect students with social justice experiences that will help them grow, support communities, and explore!

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Harrison Bell

CCG Position: I mentor the SJE leaders and work with Abigail on the logistics of the trips

I provide emotional, spiritual and religious outreach to first-year students in Stanford Hall.

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Omar Renteria

CCG Position: COV programming (focused on helping students deepen their understanding of their service activities)

I help create a welcoming atmosphere, organize events and provide spiritual guidance for residents.

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Nicole Infanzon

CCG Position: Graduate Assistant for Local Service Programs

I鈥檓 most excited to help students discover their unique service style and connect with the causes that resonate most with them.

NEWS AND EVENTS

Sign up for an SJE this Fall!

Make your Fall break meaningful and memorable by serving alongside one of six community partners and connecting with fellow 麻豆入口ns along the way. MORE...

Earth Day of Service

In celebration of Earth Week, the Office for Sustainability partnered with Martha鈥檚 Community Farm, one of our valued community partners, for a Day of Service. Students and staff came together to volunteer at Martha鈥檚 Farm 鈥� the largest and most visited food pantry in Montgomery County. Founded in 1996 and transformed into a 'Choice Model' pantry in 2015, Martha鈥檚 prioritizes guest health and dignity while providing critical resources to the community. MORE...

2025 Day of Service

The 麻豆入口 community had its annual St. Thomas of 麻豆入口 Day of Service on September 20th, honoring our patron saint鈥檚 legacy of charity and love. Each year, over 5,000 students, faculty, staff, alumni and families come together to serve with local partners across Greater Philadelphia鈥攍iving out our Augustinian values through meaningful action. MORE...