Program Overview

The Volunteer Program Assessment (VPA) is a cutting-edge, innovative, and completely free volunteer assessment system for nonprofits. Designed to promote organizational effectiveness, VPA consultants work with volunteer coordinators to develop online surveys to administer to their volunteers. The survey provides information on individual and organizational outcomes such as employee satisfaction, burnout, communication, and commitment. The survey also evaluates volunteer perceptions regarding the nonprofit’s greatest strengths and weaknesses. VPA consultants provide guidance to volunteer coordinators every step of the way, maintaining a tentative timeline and helping to interpret the survey results. VPA consultants then present tailored recommendations for improvement to volunteer coordinators and a comprehensive report with findings from the survey. 

VPA was initially developed as a partnership between the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the Humane Society of the United States. VPA at George Mason University is run by industrial-organizational psychology graduate students and faculty who are passionate about giving back to the community.

VPA Team

Dr. Reeshad Dalal, Faculty Advisor

Senior Consultants

Jemimah Boakye-Ansah (jboakyea@gmu.edu)

Stephanie Buccola (sbuccola@gmu.edu)

Abigail Collins (acolli36@gmu.edu)

Giselle Hajir (ghajir@gmu.edu)

Julie Jasewicz (jjasewic@gmu.edu)

Sherry Liao (xliao2@gmu.edu)

Lyndsay Maguire (lmaguir@gmu.edu)

Thisali Mendis (amendis@gmu.edu)

Rebecca Mintz (rmintz@gmu.edu)

Linh Nguyen (lnguy9@gmu.edu)

Bill Schaffhauser (wschaffh@gmu.edu)

Angela Shanahan (ashanah3@gmu.edu)

Nicole Shiu (nshiu@gmu.edu)

Ali Tanju (atanju@gmu.edu)

Junior Consultants

Zahra Alshimary (zalshima@gmu.edu)

Amber Bartlett (abartl@gmu.edu)

Charles Bell (cbell34@gmu.edu)

Camryn Carr (ccarr28@gmu.edu)

Doris Castro (dcastro3@gmu.edu)

Brian Corbitt (bcorbitt@gmu.com)

Allie Devine (adevine4@gmu.edu)

Sara Gallo Suarez (sgallosu@gmu.edu)

Humaira Hatif (hhatif@gmu.edu)

Jack Johanson (jjohans@gmu.edu)

Sheena Kron (skron@gmu.edu)

Kennedy Lackey (klackey5@gmu.edu)

Sydney Lavin (slavin2@gmu.edu)

Elene Lipartiani (eliparti@gmu.edu)

Sarah Loreant (sloreant@gmu.edu)

Eric Lovine (elovine@gmu.edu)

Ali Ahmed Maknojia (amaknoj2@gmu.edu)

Sydney Mazur (smazur2@gmu.edu)

Frida Moreno Flores (fmorenof@gmu.edu)

Mallory Nock (mnock2@gmu.edu)

Isabella Nunez (inunez3@gmu.edu)

Brian Petrucci (bpetrucc@gmu.edu)

Megan Pfeiffer (mpfeiff4@gmu.edu)

Annabelle Pham (apham29@gmu.edu)

Valerie Pistella (vpistell@gmu.edu)

Lida Ponce (lponce@gmu.edu)

Jason Proenza (jproenza@gmu.edu)

Miles Raven (mraven@gmu.edu)

Nada Regela (nregela@gmu.edu)

Anisa Roberts (arober57@gmu.edu)

Emi Shannon (eshanno@gmu.edu)

Giavona Simmons (gsimmon@gmu.edu)

Kimberly Thai (kthai5@gmu.edu)

Tamarra Washington (twashi5@gmu.edu)