Staff & Board of Directors

Lisa is a Village family alum from Huntington and a mother of two special needs children. She earned a bachelor’s degree in religion and politics from Hampshire College and a Masters of Science in Nutrition and Management from Tufts University. Lisa has a background in corporate operations and finance, as well as volunteer management. She is also a registered dietitian with a particular passion for maternal and child health, and lactation support.

Lisa experienced first-hand how difficult and isolating it can be raising infants and small children and she suffered from severe postpartum depression following the birth of her son. Her life-changing experience with her Village home visit volunteer and moms support group motivated Lisa to change careers and pay it forward by joining It Takes a Village.

In her free time, Lisa devotes her efforts to supporting families navigate the challenges of special education for their children and reducing food insecurity everywhere.

She also loves to hike in the woods with her two dogs, travel, cook for friends, and grow her kindle library.

Kenzie lives in Chesterfield with her two children, Emlyn and Cody, husband Mike and dog Samson. She relocated to Western MA right before the birth of her daughter in 2019 and has been in the Hilltowns ever since.

Kenzie joined our team in spring of 2021.

Tara lives in the woods of Western Massachusetts (Russell) and is thrilled to be the mother of three children (budding adults). Tara and her husband Nick are actively involved in school and town leadership. They also enjoy cooking, gardening, maple sugaring, and most outdoor activities. They share their lives with many animals and friends! Tara’s passion for relationship-building and being an authentic leader to teams is one of her greatest strengths.

Becky lives in Chesterfield with her husband Jeremy and three children: Maggie, Andrew and Payton! Often times you can find her older children volunteering alongside her at the closet.

Before Becky joined the ITAV team, she came to know the closet as a resource for her own children.

Becky enjoys camping, hiking and spending time with her family and in the garden.

Virginia is a Northampton native, where she currently resides. She has worked for non-profit organizations focused on social justice throughout her life. One of her greatest strengths is fundraising and relationship building. She is also a Certified Professional Midwife, a clinical herbalist, and a former birth and postpartum doula. She holds an undergraduate degree from Rutgers University, and earned a master’s degree in public health from UMass in 2024. She focused her studies at UMass on racial disparities in birth outcomes (racism in maternity care and birth outcomes?), and the role of midwives in reducing the disparity. 

She loves being an ‘auntie’ to many children in her life, hiking, bicycling (She rode cross country on her bicycle in 1989), cooking, and is learning flower gardening.

Taylor lives in Amherst with their partner and children, along with their two cats. Taylor has resided in Western Massachusetts their whole life, migrating from the Berkshires to the Pioneer Valley to attend UMass Amherst. Graduating in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in Communication and a minor in Information Technology, Taylor has primarily worked in the field of IT in higher education and nonprofits. In 2017, after the birth of their son, Taylor became a certified postpartum doula and began working with ITAV as a Home Visit volunteer.