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NYAVA Committees
For more information, or to join a committee (members only), please contact the committee chair(s).
Apprenticeship/Mentoring Committee
Mentors are available to all NYAVA members. Mentors provide consultations, to offer guidance and counseling, or to act as a sounding board for new and experienced volunteer administrators. Visit MemberClicks to identify a mentor who is a match to your current concerns and/or issues that you would like to discuss. This will bring you to the mentoring page and you will then see the roster link. Click on the link and it will download it onto our computer. Members can also contact the committee chair to identify a mentor.
The Apprenticeship/Mentoring Committee offers New Members Breakfasts and Brown Bag Breakfasts (BBBs) throughout the year as a membership benefit (free). New Members Breakfast include a brief introduction to NYAVA, a time to discuss members' professional challenges, and network. BBBs provide an opportunity to address topics relevant to the industry, time to discuss members' professional concerns, and time to network with colleagues. See details under Calendar of Events.
Committee Chair: Gerald (Jerry) Pannozzo, 212-564-7234, or Mentoring@nyava.org
Committee Members:
- Sherina Davis
- Carole Ferster
- Carol Friedland
- Jane Lattes
- Susan Levine
- Pam Magahiz
- Rhoda White
Please visit the Calendar of Events for upcoming Brown Bag Breakfasts.
Membership Committee
Actively recruits new members and creates mechanisms to retain current membership.
Committee Chair: Julianne Rich, AARP; Membership@nyava.org
Committee Members:
- Carol Anastasio, Prospect Park Alliance
- Carolyn Horn, Ed. D, YAI
- Ralph Vogel, Ronald McDonald House
Upcoming Membership Committee Meetings
Date: April 15
Time and Location: 9:30 a.m. via teleconference. Interested parties can contact membership@nyava.org for the telephone number.
Please contact Julianne Rich Membership@nyava.org.
Communications Committee
Publishes a quarterly newsletter for members of NYAVA to promote professionalism and strengthen leadership in volunteerism.
Committee Chair: Clare Bruff-Graves
If you have submissions for the newsletter please send them to Newsletter@nyava.org.
Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee works to recognize potential leaders within the membership of NYAVA and helps to provide the Association with the best possible leadership while promoting maximum member participation in the election process.
Members are encouraged to consider serving on a NYAVA committee or self nominating for the 2007 election which takes place in the fall.
Members should also think about who they would like to serve in these leadership positions (if not oneself) and start a conversation with potential NYAVA leadership volunteers.
This committee is currently being appointed by the Board of Directors. If you are interested in being appointed to this committee please contact nominating@nyava.org.
Policies and Procedures (members only)
Professional Development Committee
Provides high quality, topical workshops and presentations on issues relevant to the professional development of volunteer managers.
Committee Chairs: Elizabeth Lewis, Brooklyn Public Library and Meredith Gemeiner, CSS/RSVP, PDC@nyava.org
Committee Members:
- Katherine Azbell-Muldoon, Caring Hospice Services of NY
- Brienne Cliadakis, Volunteer Referral Center
- Alexandra Collier, Jewish Assoc. for Services for the Aged
- Sherina Davis, Co-Chair, Habitat for Humanity
- Kathryn Dwyer, NY Organ Donor Network
- Andrea Erdman, Episcopal Social Services
- Elana Gartner Golden
Friends of the PDC:
- Kathryn Harrington, VNSNY
- Petra-Ann Van Buckley, Habitat for Humanity
Upcoming Professional Development Committee Meeting
Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of every month unless otherwise indicated. Please consult our calendar.
Time: 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Location: Visiting Nurse Service of New York, 107 East 70th Street
To attend and for details, please contact Elizabeth Lewis at 718 743-4600 or PDC@nyava.org.