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.
Faculty Sponsor
Senior Consultants
Kayla Pomeranz, Student Coordinator
Malyn Pope, Client Outreach Coordinator
Sam Robinson, Training and Development Coordinator
Christian Dobbins
Tim Burgoyne
Yingyi Chang
MJ Kolze
Junior Consultants
Melissa Stiksma
Mitchell Pontikes
Cory Moore
Katie Guarino
Wenmo Kong
Jalyn Gatling
Alex Nydick
Semret Yibass
Haixen Chen
Katelyn McCoy
Marjani Edwards
Jenna Eagleson
