Brian Garvey, Executive Director
Brian Garvey is executive director of Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) and MAPA Education Fund (MAPAEF). He organizes MAPA’s program work and political advocacy and manages MAPA’s Internship Program, helping to develop the youth voice in the peace movement.
Brian activates MAPA members, is a regular contributor and editor of The Peace Advocate, MAPA’s newsletter, plans events, and helps to raise funds to sustain MAPA. Brian started as a volunteer in 2018, before becoming an on staff organizer, assistant director, and then executive director in 2024. He is a native of North Reading and lives in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Cole Harrison, Administrative Director
Cole is Administrative Director of Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) and MAPA Education Fund (MAPAEF), taking responsibility for the organization’s finances, technology systems, and process improvement, as well as staff support for our Palestine and Mideast campaigns. and was executive director for 2012 to 2024. He has worked with the Massachusetts People’s Budget Campaign, Massachusetts Poor People’s Campaign, Our Revolution Massachusetts, the Indigenous Legislative Agenda, United for Justice with Peace, and United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ). Born in Delhi, India, he has a B.A. from Harvard in applied mathematics and a M.S. from Northeastern in computer science. He worked for the Symphony Tenants Organizing Project and the Fenway News in the 1970s, participated in the Jamaica Plain Committee on Central America (JP COCA) in the 1980s, and was a software developer and manager at CompuServe Data Technologies, Praxis Inc., and Ask.com before joining Massachusetts Peace Action in 2010. He lives in Roslindale.
Katrina Tummino, Fundraising and Development Specialist
Katrina Tummino coordinates MAPA’s fundraising and development efforts. Prior to MAPA, she spent three years working with Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies and on the special initiatives team in coordination with former President Robert A. Brown. These initiatives included the Center for Antiracist Research, led by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, the Center for Computing and Data Science, the Institute for Sustainable Energy, and the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases. In addition to her role as a fundraiser at MAPA, she contributes to our weekly newsletter and volunteers in our Gaza Israel Peace campaign. She received her BA in English Literature from Boston University and resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.