New IAVE Board Members Announced

At its annual meeting in late July, the IAVE Board of Directors took the following actions regarding board membership.

1.  Based on the standing practice that when there is a single candidate for election, that person, if he or she meets the criteria for election, is confirmed as “elected by acclamation” by the board of directors.  This was the case for three people:

Dacil Acevdo of Panama was elected to a first three-year term as Regional Representative for Latin America.  Dacil was the manager of the 2008 World Volunteer Conference in Panama City and is an independent consultant.

Honore Sietso of Togo was re-elected for a second three-year term as Regional Representative for Africa.  Honore is Secretary-General of VAD-Togo, Volunteers in Development.

David Styers of the U.S. was re-elected for a full three-year term as Regional Representative for North America, having been appointed to fill an unexpired term when Kathi Dennis resigned from the board to become IAVE’s Executive Director.  David is Senior Governance Consultant at BoardSource, helping NGOs build strong, effective boards of directors.

2.  Mark Molloy of Scotland was re-elected to a second three-year term as one of two Youth Representatives to the board.  The second, Daniel Buritica of Colombia, was elected last year.  Mark has served as Secretary of the board and as Chair of the Nominating Committee as well as serving an advisory leadership role for development of the IAVE Youth Office and in planning for the Youth Conference component of the 2008 and 2011 World Volunteer Conferences and for the Global Youth Volunteer Summit in 2011.  Mark works for local government in Scotland with responsibility for youth development.

3.  Galina Bodrenkova of Russia and Leo Wong of Canada were re-elected as honorary members of the board.  In discussion of these positions, the board clarified that they were to be filled to meet specific programmatic or representational priorities for IAVE.  Galina is a recognized national leader for volunteering in Russia and founder and President of Moscow Charity House.  She has built a strong IAVE membership contingent in Russia.  She will be serving her 3rd and 4th years on the board.  Leo has just completed his doctorate in marketing and will be teaching at the university level starting in September.  He will be serving his 4th and 5th years on the board after having “aged out” as Youth Representative.  He has led the development of IAVE’s new website.

4.  The board received and affirmed the slate of candidates for Vice President and for Regional Representatives for Asia-Pacific and Europe and the schedule for this year’s contested elections.  Please see “Meet the Candidates” to learn more about the elections.  The board noted, without objection, that Kylee Bates is standing for election as both Vice President and as Regional Representative from Asia-Pacific, and recognized that, if elected, she can serve in only one of those positions.