Kelley Petralia is the Executive Director of Westborough Connects. Prior to this position, Kelley spent 2.5+ years as part of a volunteer team, building and growing Westborough Connects as a community-focused, grassroots organization and the first member of the SPARK Kindness Network. Kelley was initially drawn to this work by a desire to learn and "do her part" in making the world a better place for her 3 children. Shaped by the civic involvement and volunteerism modeled by her parents and extended family from an early age, she has a passion for community connection and engagement.

As part of her desire to foster community connection, Kelley has a particular interest in building bridges to reduce the division and social isolation experienced by many people today. In November 2021, Kelley earned a Bridging Differences course certificate from BerkeleyX, an online learning initiative of University of California, Berkeley.

Kelley's professional background includes 20+ years in marketing research and communications, working with cross-functional teams across multiple geographic and vertical markets as a writer, editor, analyst and coach.

Laura Cerniglia, Program Manager

Laura Cerniglia, PsyD is the Program Manager of Westborough Connects. She has been involved in the organization since its inception. The idea of connecting others with the resources they need and being a part of  building resiliency in the community spoke to Laura and her roots as a school and community psychologist. After serving as Programming Committee Co-Chair in a volunteer capacity for over two and a half years, and being a member of the Board of Directors for over a year, she became the Program Manager in February 2022.  Laura has worn many volunteer hats throughout her years living in Westborough, mostly focused within the schools her three children attended.  As her children have grown, so has her desire to expand her focus to the community at large. 

tracy lacroix, volunteer engagement coordinator

Tracy LaCroix, LICSW, has an unwavering passion for bringing people together and strengthening the Westborough community.  Since her family laid roots in Westborough in 2013, Tracy has dedicated her time to volunteering and supporting seemingly every school program, parent group, team, club, organization, etc that crossed her families’ path while also raising her three children across three Westborough schools at the same time full time. 

Professionally, Tracy has her license and master’s in social work from Simmons College and has nearly ten years’ experience supporting at risk and developmentally delayed children and their families before the age of three.

Tracy is fueled by a desire to see others smile and succeed.  Serving Westborough as the Volunteer Engagement Coordinator enables Tracy to do the work she loves while loving her work.