Meet Our Staff

Maia Bailey (she/her)

Director

mbailey9@providence.edu

As an associate professor of biology, Maia brings new partnerships and perspectives to her role as director. A lifelong volunteer, she has worked with diverse community organizations, including national conservation groups, local parks, a children’s science museum, a zoo, a wildlife clinic, elementary schools, religious education programs, a juvenile detention center, and more. She enjoys working with faculty across campus to incorporate civic engagement into their courses through projects and service-learning. Maia served as the Faculty Fellow for Campus Outreach and Civic Engagement Across the Curriculum before becoming director in the Fall of 2020.

Krissy Werner (she/her)

Associate Director

kwerner@providence.edu

Krissy is excited to join the Feinstein Institute and work with students, staff, and faculty to strengthen PC’s community partnerships. Her role includes supporting the Community Fellows Program, offering reflection and complementary programming for curricular and co-curricular community engagement activities, and deepening PC’s community connections.

Community engagement has been central throughout Krissy’s fifteen years as an educator and international development practitioner. In teaching and managing education programs locally and internationally, she specialized in experiential and project-based learning. More recently, she strengthened and expanded locally led initiatives while managing program development and partnerships for international non-profits and NGOs in Central America and sub-Saharan Africa.

With a B.A. in Social and Cultural Analysis from New York University, a Master’s in Global Human Development from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and a Secondary Teaching Certification from Providence College, Krissy is passionate about fostering responsible local and global citizenship through education. In her free time, she enjoys exploring Rhode Island, hanging with her bouncy one-year-old, and attempting to learn new languages.

Maddie Harris (she/her)

Program Coordinator

mharri21@providence.edu

In Maddie’s role as Program Coordinator, she overlooks the Community Work Study program and acts as a liaison between the community partner and the student worker. She also supports the Feinstein Institute’s student workers, co-organizes programs with Global Service Learning, and aids the longevity, sustainability, and relationship of FIPS in the community.

As an AmeriCorps alumnx, both as a direct service associate with United Way King County and as an Afterschool Corps VISTA through North Carolina Campus Compact, she has a longstanding resume of serving communities. She recently received her Master’s of Education in Student Development Administration from Seattle University, where she completed various internships and assistantships in athletics, pre-college programming, student conduct, mental health advocacy, and residential life.

When not working or serving the community, Maddie enjoys reading, crafting, playing soccer, and hanging out with friends.