Joy Parker, CVA, is the Director of Volunteer Services at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia, a role she has been in since 2001. Parker has 27 cumulative years of volunteer management experience. She received her B.S. in Finance from Radford University and her M.S. in… Read more

Mariana Vieira da Rocha is the current Chair for the UK Student Volunteering Network. She first got involved with the UKSVN in 2014 and eventually joined the committee in 2017 as Engagement Office. From 2017 to 2020, she  took the role of Comms and Social Media Officer. Outside of UKSVN, she works… Read more

Breauna Dorelus is the Founder and Cause Consultant at Connecting the Cause, a consultancy dedicated to dismantling harmful volunteer practices implemented by nonprofits and volunteers towards Black and Brown communities. Dorelus believes in community inclusion in all aspects of the volunteer… Read more

Liora Arnon is Head of Innovation, Research and Knowledge Development at the Israeli Volunteering Council, a well-established infrastructure NGO that aims to maximize collaboration at the local and national levels and across sectors for nationwide volunteer engagement strategies and volunteer… Read more

Liza J. Dyer, CVA, has been working and volunteering in the nonprofit and public sectors for over 15 years. She lives in Portland, Oregon, USA where she is a Volunteer Engagement Specialist at Multnomah County Library, supporting volunteerism throughout the public library system’s 19 public… Read more

Kerryn Mitchell has worked in community-based services for more than 25 years with The Red Cross and Hanover Welfare Services, and has worked for the past 21 years in as the Manager of Volunteers at Northeast Health Wangaratta (NHW), a 260-bed health facility in the regional city of Wangaratta in… Read more

Karen Knight of Karen Knight Consulting in Kamloops, BC, Canada, has  provided volunteer recruitment, engagement and training for social impact organizations for over 25 years. “My professional life has spanned many industries, working in both the private and public sectors in various leadership… Read more

Tracey O'Neill CVA, Australia Breauna Dorelus, USA Liza Dyer CVA, USA Mariana Vieira da Rocha, UK Liora Arnon, Israel

Rachel Nova is a nonprofit professional with international experience in refugee resettlement, women’s empowerment, and education. When she’s not volunteering, making art, or exploring beautiful Arizona, she’s finding opportunities to bring together her passions for social justice and innovative… Read more