Our Board of Directors
Tara Cirella,
President
Tara and her husband Skip founded the Gianna Cirella Memorial Fund in 2018 to honor the memory of their daughter Gianna and improve sepsis awareness and outcomes.
In the years since, the GCMF has:
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Worked with the State of RI and Department of Health to pass legislation mandating sepsis protocols and training in every medical facility, including Urgent Care Centers
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Provided for several families whose children were diagnosed with and successfully treated for sepsis
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Continued to provide care bags to families in need at Hasbro PICU, which also includes information about how to access our organization should they need further assistance, especially where sepsis is involved
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In addition to leading the GCMF, Tara is the Billing Coordinator at the Law office of Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney, LLP. Skip and Tara live in Warwick. Their younger daughter Cassie currently attends Coastal Carolina University and will graduate in the spring of 2025 with a degree in Psychology.