People on the Move: DaVinci Center Names Marzullo as Interim Executive Director

People on the Move: DaVinci Center Names Marzullo as Interim Executive Director

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DaVinci Center Names  Marzullo as Interim Executive Director

 

As a result of last month’s passing of John DeLuca, founder, and longtime Executive Director of the DaVinci Center, the Board of Directors has appointed Vincent Marzullo to serve as Interim Executive Director.  Board Chair, Michael DeAngelis, stated that “the Board has enthusiastically approved the appointment of Vincent Marzullo as the Interim Executive Director.  As a former federal civil rights & social justice director (31 years) for the Corporation for National & Community Service (RI), Marzullo has aided hundreds of nonprofit organizations while promoting national service and older adult volunteers as valuable community building tools.  Our Board feels extremely fortunate to have such an experienced individual join us to assess agency/community needs, help identify and interview candidates to serve as the permanent Executive Director and hire a new Social Worker.”

 

Vin Marzullo stated “I’m truly honored to help pass the torch that the guardian angel of the North End, John DeLuca, left for us to carry and protect. The DaVinci Center gives its clients and neighbors a sense of security knowing it is objectively focused on the betterment of the community and those who reside in the immediate neighborhoods. What’s special for me was John’s use of 3 VISTA volunteers to organize residents during the 1972 startup of the Center in a Charles Street storefront. There is a 50-year legacy that will be celebrated in the Fall as well as the Board’s reaffirmation of the DaVinci Center mission.”

 

It’s the mission of the DaVinci Center to improve the quality of life of the residents of the North End of Providence by providing, or helping to bring about, a broad array of quality services and neighborhood improvement projects that respond to the needs of this community (Census Tracts 27, 28, 29). The Center is committed to bolstering the self-concept of clients, encouraging individual responsibility, fostering the value of the family as the hub of community life, and building respect for the vitality and fabric of the neighborhood.

 

The DaVinci Center promises to consistently listen and respond to the community it serves and to work collaboratively with others to bring about needed services and neighborhood improvements. The Center seeks constructive change by means of non-political community action and advocacy in a non-political environment.