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
Kaliah Alford (kalford7@gmu.edu)
Virginia Cheng (vcheng4@gmu.edu)
Giselle Hajir (ghajir@gmu.edu)
Julie Jasewicz (jjasewic@gmu.edu)
Sherry Liao (xliao2@gmu.edu)
Kevin Loo (kloo@gmu.edu)
Lyndsay Maguire (lmaguir@gmu.edu)
Renee McCauley (rmccaul3@gmu.edu)
Thisali Mendis (amendis@gmu.edu)
Rebecca Mintz (rmintz@gmu.edu)
Linh Nguyen (lnguy9@gmu.edu)
Andrea Sanchez (asanch59@gmu.edu)
Bill Schaffhauser (wschaffh@gmu.edu)
Nicole Shiu (nshiu@gmu.edu)
Russell Thomas (rthoma49@gmu.edu)
Mindy Wu (mwu27@gmu.edu)
Junior Consultants
Jennifer Ashton (jashton5@gmu.edu)
Erica Aydlett (eaydlett@gmu.edu)
Charles Bell (cbell34@gmu.edu)
Toraysha Bland-Gillisjans (tblandgi@gmu.edu)
Jemimah Boakye (jboakyea@gmu.edu)
Stephanie Buccola (sbuccola@gmu.edu)
Barry Byington (bbyingto@gmu.edu)
Clay Campbell (ccampb31@gmu.edu)
Stephanie Carl (scarl2@gmu.edu)
Abigail Collins (acolli36@gmu.edu)
Christin Deretich (cderetic@gmu.edu)
Hailey Floom (hfloom@gmu.edu)
Abena Fredua-Agyeman (afreduaa@gmu.edu)
Kimia Hadji Reza Tehrani (khadjire@gmu.edu)
Humaira Hatif (hhatif@gmu.edu)
Tailor Hayling (thayling@gmu.edu)
Shaunte Henderson (shende4@gmu.edu)
Mia Hohmann (mhohmann@pdx.edu)
Melanie Joya (mjoya@gmu.edu)
Kennedy Lackey (klackey5@gmu.edu)
Katie Larkin (klarkin5@gmu.edu)
Sydney Lavin (slavin2@gmu.edu)
Devin LeSueur (dlesueur@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 (fmorenof@gmu.edu)
Mallory Nock (mnock2@gmu.edu)
Isabella Nunez (inunez3@gmu.edu)
Maureen O'Connor (moconn21@gmu.edu)
Tashianna Patterson (tpatter9@gmu.edu)
Brian Petrucci (bpetrucc@gmu.edu)
Megan Pfeiffer (mpfeiff4@gmu.edu)
Annabelle Pham (apham29@gmu.edu)
Jason Proenza (jproenza@gmu.edu)
Michelle Schwarz (mschwa4@gmu.edu)
Angela Shanahan (ashanah3@gmu.edu)
Emi Shannon (eshanno@gmu.edu)
Mackenzie Shearer (mshearer@gmu.edu)
Christina Sia (csia@gmu.edu)
Giavona Simmons (gsimmon@gmu.edu)
Ali Tanju (atanju@gmu.edu)
Camila Uechi (cuechi@gmu.edu)
Tamarra Washington (twashi5@gmu.edu)
Dustin Weilbach (dweilbac@gmu.edu)
Rebecca Yan (ryan4@gmu.edu)