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IRP is one of 150 local nonprofits sharing in $30 million through Cummings Foundation’s grants program. Our organization was selected from 715 applicants. We will receive $45,000 over three years to help resettle refugees. Thank you, Cummings Foundation!
Read about our partnerships in welcoming the latest family from Afghanistan
in The Local News, July 3, 2024.
Building community support for local refugee and immigrant families on their way to independence and self-sufficiency.
Meet Our Team
Lynn Lenhart, President
Meredith Joss, Vice President
Kim Dunne, Director
Glenn Gibbs, Director
Mark Godin, Director
Michelle Randazzo, Director
Donna Seibert, Director
Nancy Smith, Director
Anne Carroll
Kate Harlow
Peter Johnson
Diane Young
Lynn Lenhart
“Being a part of the IRP from the beginning has been inspiring, challenging and rewarding. I have forged friendships with newly arrived people from Iraq and Afghanistan and with the many people in Ipswich who make up the IRP network of volunteers. Join the IRP and change lives!”
Glenn C. Gibbs
Glenn joined the IRP Board in January of 2022, and serves as its Housing Coordinator. He has been a resident of Ipswich for 28 years, and was the Director of Planning & Development for the Town of Ipswich from 1994 until his retirement in 2019. Besides IRP, his affiliations include serving on the Board of the Ipswich Housing Authority, and as chair of the Rebecca R. Gibbs Memorial Charitable Fund Board. Glenn lives with his son Ben and his two cats, Bud and Henry.