Feinstein Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement
The Farmhouse (behind the Commons)
401.254.7378 or service@rwu.edu          

Meet the Feinstein Staff

KC Ferrara, Director of the Feinstein Center
KC has been with the Feinstein Center since January 2002. She has worked in various areas of higher education since 1986 including campus programs,leadership development, residence life, and judicial affairs. KC previously worked at RWU from 1990-1996 in the division of student affairs. During that time, she ran the Volunteer Center and led students on the University's first Alternative Spring Break. KC has a Bachelor's Degree from Suffolk University (MA) and a Master's Degree from Providence College (RI). Her advice to students is to become involved in service early in their career at RWU as a way to meet other students, learn more about the area, and explore community issues.

Jesse Trimbach
RI Campus Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA
Bristol Good Neighbors Liaison
Jesse graduated from Roger Williams in 2009 and is excited to be back on campus. A native Rhode Islander, he was born and raised in Providence.  He majored in theater and has spent the last ten years acting in plays. Jesse is excited for his year of service and looks forward to working with the Bristol Good Neighbors Soup Kitchen. He is also an avid sports fan.

Sara LaFountain
RI Campus Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA
FSL Project Coordinator
Sara is a native of Kinderhook, NY and received her undergraduate degree in English/Communications from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, MA.  She is excited for her year of service, especially her work with Bristol Reads!, an in-school tutoring program which pairs Roger Williams University students with elementary school students to work together on reading and writing activities.  In her free time, Sara enjoys traveling and writing.

RICC AmeriCorps* VISTA Leader 
FSL Project Coordinator
Kristin Read is a native of Warren, RI and received her undergraduate degree in Elementary Education from Wheelock College in Brookline, Ma. After graduation, Kristin moved south to Miami, Florida where she worked as an informal educator and administrator in Science and Art Museums. In her new role as an AmeriCorps* VISTA member, she will be a Project Coordinator for the Feinstein Center for Service Learning. Kristin looks forward to strengthening the impact of RWU’s service and community learning experiences for students, faculty and the community. Kristin enjoys travelling, reading and reading about travelling.

*AmeriCorps VISTA members are being sponsored by the Rhode Island Campus Compact in a year of full-time service.  They will focus on aligning campus and community resources, assessing the University's community-based initiatives, and creating a more accurate profile of the varied community efforts of our staff and students.

Updated 6/4/2009