2025 Conference Speakers
Angela Bender, MNLM
Session Title: From Cookie-Cutter to Customized: Elevating Volunteer Engagement with Strategic Design
Thelma R. Cantu
Session Title: Unleashing the Power of Skilled Volunteers
Monica Jasso, CVA
Session Title: The Blockbuster Strategy: Top Tech Tools to Make Volunteer Management Easier
Joshua Hart
Session Title: The Language of Leadership: Elevating Volunteerism Through Better Dialogue
Jakira Lewis
Session Title: Tiny but Mighty: Mobilizing Small Teams for Massive Community Impact
Melanie Scarpace
Session Title: From Coordinator to Leader: Elevating Your Role and Influence in Your Organization
Rachel Walsh
Session Title: Beyond the Bumps: Small Shifts, Big Leaps
Nora Douglas
Session Title: Increasing Volunteer Recruitment, Engagement, and Retention through Better Understanding Volunteer Experiences
Suzanne Yowell, CVA
Session Title: Leading with Passion: Inspiring Others to Serve
Jennifer Barefoot
Session Title: Placemaking with Purpose: Creating Community Scaffolding to Facilitate Volunteerism & Willingness to Connect
Helen Dorsey
Session Title: The Three C’s of Success: Corporate, Community and Collaboration
Robin L. Hunt, CAVS
Session Title: Events to Engagement: From Good Times to Great Teams
Bridgette Taylor
Session Title: The ROI of Community Investment
Rachel Currie Triska
Session Title: The Healing Power of Volunteerism – a social prescription that changes the world for good
Kelly Anne Novak
Session Title: Building Bridges: Breaking Down Silos to Recruit, Retain, and Reignite Volunteer Engagement
Kelly Furnas
Session Title: Leading Through Conflict
Samantha Villanueva
Session Title: Connecting Youth to the “Why”: Impactful Messaging to Reach Your Gen Z Audience
Celeste T. Brown
Session Title: Beyond the Smile: Addressing Toxic Positivity in Leadership & Volunteerism
Jenny Keener
Session Title: Effective Rural Volunteer Management: Every Interaction Matters
Susan Sanow, CVA
Session Title: Secrets to Leading Successful Meetings
Betsy McFarland, CVA
Session Title: Unlocking Your Influence: Harnessing the Power of Volunteer Engagement for Strategic Impact
Paul Lopushinsky
Session Title: Using the Eight Play Personalities for Keeping Volunteers Engaged
Brooke Campbell, CNP, CVA
Session Title: The Hidden Cost of Free Volunteers – And How to Leverage It
Elizabeth Rachchh, CVA
Session Title: Don’t Sleep on Advocacy: Empowering Volunteers to Advocate for Our Mission
Isabella Oliver, CVA
Session Title: Recruiting With Retention in Mind
Alex Seblatnigg
Session Title: But We’ve Always Done It That Way: Using SWOT Analysis to Enhance Your Volunteer Program
Angela Williamson, CVA
Session Title: Grabbing Sr. Leadership Attention with Appealing Volunteers Annual Reports
Beth Steinhorn
Session Title: Recruit and Rebuild Your Volunteer Base
Marie Howell, CVA
Session Title: Difficult Feedback Made Easier
Barbara Karnes
Panel Session Title: Volunteers in the Hospice Tapestry: Weaving Comfort into Care
Dwight Elliott
Panel Session Title: Volunteers in the Hospice Tapestry: Weaving Comfort into Care
Heather Heavey, CVA
Panel Session Title: Volunteers in the Hospice Tapestry: Weaving Comfort into Care
Meridian Swift, CVA
Panel Session Title: Volunteers in the Hospice Tapestry: Weaving Comfort into Care
The speaker was amazing, extremely knowledgeable, knew how to keep the audience’s attention and gave a lot of very valuable information in a very well presented and fun manner!