With a background in innovation and product development, Milad Ahmed is managing the development and delivery of innovative new health and well-being services for one of the UK's most recognised and respected charities, Macmillan Cancer Support. Ahmed is also Chair of the Advisory Board for Jawaab,… Read more

Since September 2016, Rut (pronounced “root”) Kessel has been supporting volunteers at NMDP (formerly Be The Match), a nonprofit organization that connects patients with donors for life-saving cell therapy. Her main focus since August 2018 has been the staff and volunteer couriers, and she currently… Read more

Marie Howell is the Manager of Volunteer Services at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, TX. Howell has her Certification in Volunteer Administration (CVA) and is a Certified Administrator of Volunteer Services (CAVS). She has worked with volunteers throughout her careers in education,… Read more

Denisse De Leon is the Director of School and Community Programs and Partnerships at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. She supports museum staff as they create meaningful and memorable programming central to the museum’s mission: to invite all people to explore the art in its… Read more

Marla Van Thournout has been managing volunteers since 2009. She holds a BA degree in Art History & French Studies from the University of Minnesota and a certificate in Free Choice Learning from Oregon State University. Van Thournout spent her career at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas… Read more

Lachlan Preston is an experienced leader of impactful volunteer, education and community development programs. Preston is Manager of Volunteering and Program Impact at the Australian educational charity known as Ardoch, and has previously worked for the Cathy Freeman Foundation managing educational… Read more

Rita Pereira Marques is from Portugal, and she joined CEV (Centre for European Volunteering) as a Policy and Project Officer, in August 2023. She has previously worked in project management in an International Non-Governmental Youth Organisation, as well as doing research on human rights violations… Read more