Staff

Colby Berger, Ed.M, MSW

Executive Director
(617) 224-1305

Colby joined AFC Mentoring in July 2009. As a former educator, Colby earned a Master's Degree in Education from Harvard University, and later turned her focus to child welfare and social services earning a Master’s degree in Social Work from the Simmons School of Social Work. Colby came to AFC after working at The Home for Little Wanderers for seven years where she opened and oversaw a group home for LGBTQ teenagers, did clinical work in adoption and family stabilization team services, facilitated support groups for foster and adoptive families, and provided training and consultation nationwide on sexual orientation and gender identity issues.

Melissa Chu

Program Supervisor
(617) 224-1301

Melissa has a B.A. from Wellesley College, was a one-to-one mentor for three years, and has been working at AFC Mentoring since 2006. She works with programming staff to train, match, and support mentors and mentees; continuously improve programming; evaluate program performance; and partner with outside organizations. She has recently returned to school part-time to begin work on her Masters in Social Work at Simmons College.

Kim Hall

Program Coordinator
(617) 224-1303

Kim joined AFC in July 2008. Prior to that she trained and worked with teens on bridging the gap between youth and the police for 3.5 years at Children’s Services of Roxbury, Inc.’s Youth and Police in Partnership. She is currently attending Bunker Hill Community College for an Associates Degree in Nursing and recently graduated with a Certificate in Early Childhood Development.

Virginia Brown

Development Coordinator (AmeriCorps*VISTA)
(617) 778-1312

Virginia joined AFC in November 2008, and is now serving a second VISTA year. She graduated in May 2008 with a BA in International Studies and History from Colby College. She is excited to begin work in the non-profit sector and hopes to eventually get a Master's degree in Public Policy or International Affairs.

Cecelia Auditore

Program Enrichment Coordinator (Mass Promise Fellowship)
(617) 224-1303

Cecelia Auditore joined AFC for her second year of service with the Mass Promise Fellowship. She attended Emmanuel College where she majored in History and minored in Political Science. She comes to AFC after having served as the Research and Programs Associate at Mass Mentoring Partnership. Cecilia is working on piloting AFC’s first youth advisory council, running ongoing mentor trainings, and coordinating an art/media project for matches. Currently, Cecelia is working towards her Masters in Global Studies and International Affairs at Northeastern University.

Cory Bennett

Recruitment & Volunteer Coordinator (AmeriCorps*VISTA)
(617) 224-1302

Cory joined AFC Mentoring after receiving his BA in Government from Cornell University last May. He joins AFC through the AmeriCorps*VISTA program and brings a writing background, serving as an editor for two years for his collegiate newspaper and freelancing for several professional newspapers. He is originally from Chicago.

Beth Christian