Meet the Staff
Father John Nazzaro, Executive Director
Father John knows what the club is about, having
grown up in East Boston and attended the Club when it operated on Paris Street.
Father John attended Savio High School before entering the Salesians, and
has extensive experience in school administration and youth work in
general. When he's not refereeing basketball games or greeting
members at the door, we know he is doing those 101 little things that
need to be done to keep the Club up and running.
Brock Seefeldt, Program Director
Brock calls many U.S. cities "home." Most recently
he has moved here from South Dakota
where he worked in Boys & Girls Clubs in Watertown and Brookings.
He attended the University of Minnesota and South Dakota State
University, where he obtained a teaching certificate. At the club
in Watertown, he was Director of the Teen Program and also developed a
program for at-risk youth.
Anthony Forbes, Sports & Recreation Coordinator
Anthony is certainly no stranger to this Club, having grown up as a club
member and, for the past few years, served as its program director.
Anthony is the heart and soul of our gym program, and his repertoire of
games is awesome.
Father Richard Cressman
Father Rich returned to East Boston after a ten-year presence at the Salesian Boys & Girls Club of Columbus (Ohio).
Before that, he had worked at the Club on Paris Street for nine years and has taught math and sciences at Salesian High Schools.
He has degrees from Penn State and Ohio State and worked for the USDA before becoming a Salesian.
Father supervises the Learning Center, assists club members who need help with their schoolwork,
and tutors in math & science. He also teaches chess. He is a native of Pennsylvania.
Father Richard Putnam
Father Richard is another native Bostonian and hails from Dorchester. He
attended Don Bosco Technical High School in Boston, graduated from
Boston State College, and taught in the Boston Public Schools and Hanson
Public School system before joining the Salesians. He runs the evening
snack program at the club, assists in the Technical Center, and shuttles
members in the van when needed, including the "Salesian Shuttle" every afternoon at 3 PM!
Brother Robert Metell
We welcome Brother Bob back to the Salesian Club after a nine-year absence.
He is a Boston native by birth but calls East Falmouth on Cape Cod his home.
After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard, he became acquainted with Boys & Girls Clubs.
He worked in the Clubs in New Bedford and Columbus, Ohio, besides his time here in East Boston
and has experience in various types of administration and youth involvement.
He also has been active in youth ministry in other Salesian communities, most recently, in Belle Glade, FL.
He now supervises the Game Room.
Maria Waldron
Maria is well-known around this Club. Her experience includes being a Kindergarten teacher at St. Mary's school
for five years and the Girls Camp Director for East Boston camps for six years.
She is the proud mother of two young children. She assists with homework help in the Learning Center
on Mondays and Wednesdays and is also responsible for those delicious aromas that drift out of the kitchen
during cooking class!
Katie Forbes
Katie runs the recently-treated Dance Studio. It is one of our newer
activities and is an extremely popular one! It's
almost always packed in there.
Renee Landry
Renee is the first and last person that all club members see when they
enter and leave! She handles the membership data, enters member data into the computer,
generates reports, issues receipts, makes phone calls, distributes
flyers, watches the doors...let's just say her job is essential to the
smooth running of the Club.
Ed Demaso
Ed returns to our staff this year, continuing as our Tech Support person
and Network Administrator. He has the daunting task of keeping our
40+ computers talking to one another. He also runs our
science-related activities and moderates the Technology Center in the
evening.
Robert Baglio
Robert was, just a few short years ago, another
"Club Kid." He assists with the gym activities
Mario Baldassari
Mario helps out in the gym and game room. Mario was our 2008 Youth of the Year.
Nick McCue
Nick recently graduated from club member to club staff and takes
on the awesome responsibility of overseeing our state-of-the-art Fitness Center.
Nicole McCormack
Nicole is a former club member and a graduate of East Boston High School.
She was a counselor during the summer camp for several years and is now on our staff during the school year.
She wants to become a health educator and reach out to at-risk youth. She is the teen coordinator at the club.
Gina Stefano
Gina is majoring in psychology at Salem State College.
She worked at Salesians during the summer camp by implementing a very popular art program.
She enjoyed our program so much she agreed to stay on as the Art Director for the school year
and also helps in other areas.
Tiffany Stack
Tiffany had been a club member from her early years and graduated from East Boston High School.
She served as the chef during recent summer camps.
She helps with the cooking, is the Tech Coordinator, and assists in other assignments.
Jim Gleason
Jim appears at the bottom of our staff page only because he's holding
the whole thing up! For years Jim has been the support person
whose steady routine makes it possible for the rest of us to do our
jobs. Whether it's sweeping, mopping, disinfecting or emptying
wastebaskets--he's on it! Even Jim is not sure how long he has
worked here!