Volunteer Administrator of the Year Award
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2009 Volunteer Administrator of the Year Award
The nomination deadline for this year's Volunteer Administrator of the year has passed. Join us at our Annual Meeting on Thursday, November 5, 2009 as we announce this year's Award Recipient.
This award was instituted to honor a not-for-profit volunteer administrator who has demonstrated outstanding innovation, dedication and perseverance in the profession of volunteer administration.
The nomination process focuses on describing how your outstanding volunteer administrator “models the way, inspires a shared vision, challenges the process, enables others, and encourages the heart.”
Previous award winners include:
- JoAnn Jacobson, American Red Cross
- Barbara Nalette, University Hospitals/Case Medical Center
- Kate Schantz
- Lona Gruber, Southwest Community Access Network (SCAN)
- Andrea Sack, Parma Community Hospital
- Heather Triplett, Cleveland Metroparks
In addition to the award, the recipient will receive a one-year membership to FVA.
This award is generously sponsored by
2008 Volunteer Administrator of the Year...
Heather Triplett, Cleveland Metroparks
The Forum for Volunteer Administrators has named Heather Triplett, Manager of Volunteer Services at Cleveland Metroparks, as its sixth annual Volunteer Administrator of the Year. This award was instituted to honor a Greater Cleveland not-for-profit volunteer administrator who has demonstrated outstanding innovation, dedication and perseverance in the profession of volunteer administration.
Triplett, was presented the award during the annual FVA Fall Conference which was held on November 6th at the City Club of Cleveland. She noted that “I think for most of us our reason to volunteer and/or lead volunteers has something to do with who we are as a person; what drives us and what is important to us.”
Heather joined Cleveland Metroparks in 1998 and was promoted to Manager of Volunteer Services in 2002. Through her works she has secured grant funding for the current O.W.L.S. (Older Workers Leading Success) Program. She has also designed and developed the current Volunteer Recognition Program. FVA commends Heather for all of the work that she has done not only for Cleveland Metroparks, but also for the field of volunteerism.
2007 Volunteer Administrator of the Year ...
Andrea Sack, Parma Community Hospital
On November 8, 2007, Mrs. Andrea Sack, Director of Volunteers at Parma Community Hospital, became the fifth recipient of the FVA Volunteer Administrator of the Year award. Andrea was nominated by Parma Hospital’s CEO, Patricia Ruflin. Andrea is a “nurse by training and a caregiver by nature who has worked led volunteers for the past seven years and demonstrates that it is much more than a job, it is a calling.” During her tenure directing Parma Hospital’s 400 volunteers, she has been a key player in a number of initiatives including the Prayer Partners program, a volunteer patient representative program and the development of “Key Words at Key Times.” Andrea was honored in 2006 with the Quick Fix award by the Ohio Society of Directors of Volunteer Services and has also received the Inclusion Award from the Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. Andrea is said to “lead with compassion, integrity and a spirit of collaboration. “
On behalf of FVA, Andrea was presented with a one-year FVA membership and the 2007 Volunteer Administrator of the Year Award. The award was sponsored by Odgen Post Consulting in cooperation with the Forum for Volunteer Administrators.
The FVA Volunteer Administrator of the Year award was developed to recognize outstanding volunteer administrators. Previous award winners are JoAnn Jacobson of American Red Cross, Barbara Nalette of University Hospitals of Cleveland, Kate Schantz of Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland (formerly with Adoption Network of Cleveland) and Lona Gruber of Southwest Community Access Network. Special thanks goes to the nine community members who served as the 2007 Selection Committee members.
Andrea Sack, center, winner of the 2007 Volunteer Administrator of the Year Award
The Forum for Volunteer Administrators is a Northeastern Ohio independent, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide mutual support, continuing dialogue and professional development opportunities for those involved in the leadership and management of volunteers.
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