Volunteer Excellence Committee

The Volunteer Excellence Committee is a group of volunteers that work on behalf of COMMON volunteers, including speakers. The Volunteer Excellence mission is to recruit, motivate, recognize, and retain volunteers at every level of the organization while keeping our volunteer infrastructure energized and invigorated. Volunteer Excellence achieves this through many programs such as the Speaker Excellence Awards, volunteer evaluations, speaker assistants, and policy oversight.

The members of the Volunteer Excellence Committee have devoted their time and talents to promote speaking with COMMON. Please feel free to contact them on-site during conferences, or by e-mailing VolExcellence@common.org, if you have any questions or concerns. Members are:

Dori Allen
Susan Gantner (Chairperson)
Vanessa Grose
Larry Youngren

The Volunteer Excellence committee members are active in mentoring new speakers through the RiPs program. Learn more about RiPs here.