About Our Presenter:
Jennifer brought her years of work leading VolunteerMatch’s Learning Center to Idealist.org in February 2025. She continues her work designing tools, trainings, and resources to help VolunteerMatch and Idealist’s combined community of nonprofits better recruit and engage volunteers. She shares her knowledge with leaders of volunteers through the trainings in the Learning Center, through the LOVs Newsletter and blog articles, and at conferences around the country. She serves as the Director of Knowledge on the Board of the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration. She is the current Co-Editor and a contributing author for the 4th Edition of Volunteer Administration: Professional Practice, published by LexisNexis Canada in January 2021. She’s a strong believer in the importance of engaging volunteers in meaningful work and has been Certified in Volunteer Administration since 2010.She volunteers with the Justice & Diversity Center and Project Homeless Connect in San Francisco, with the Social Justice Sewing Academy, and fosters kittens with Home-At-Last Rescue. She holds a B.A. from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, VA.