The governing board of Volunteering NZ
The operations team of Volunteering NZ
Katie leads our team here at VNZ. She has a passion for sharing stories, ideas and research to create social change.
Before joining VNZ she was Director of JustSpeak, leading a movement of young volunteers advocating on criminal justice. Katie has previously worked in academia and policy, including researching volunteering at the Third Sector Research Centre in the UK. She has a PhD in Sociology.
Michelle leads people, content and campaigns at VNZ. She also delivers key strategic projects including VNZ’s roll out of a National qualification for volunteer managers, VNZ Migrant Volunteering Programme and the 2018 Pivot Conference.
Michelle brings a range of experience including marketing and community engagement, volunteer leadership, public sector experience, and legal publishing. She also has governance experience and has led a local membership organisation.
Taylor is the web developer for VNZ working on the VNZ website, InvolveMe, Student Volunteer Week, National Volunteer Week, the annual VNZ conference and many more projects. Taylor is a professional freelancer with a degree in Computer Science. Taylor’s website: www.taylorhamling.com
Ross is currently completing his Masters in Experience and Service Design specialising in youth engagement with Non-profit organisations. When Ross is not thinking of ways Volunteer-Centre organisations can engage more people in volunteering in their communities, he is volunteering his skills in community projects such as the Youth Aotea-Reo Project – developing an app for New Zealand youth which aims to provide youth support services in a more convenient way. Ross is also the President of the Multicultural New Zealand Youth Council.
Sarah supports various marketing and communication functions of the organisation – including, website content creation, blogs, newsletters and campaigns. Sarah enjoys adding value and working for an organisation that is having a wonderful impact on the community and voluntary sector. Sarah has a Bachelor of Design (Hons) and a Diploma in Marketing.
Erina Papp is an experienced organisational development and HR professional with a focus on engaging others to achieve results and turn vision into reality. She brings a unique mix of in-depth HR and senior management experience, coaching, counselling and community development expertise enable her to work with people to address both business and interpersonal challenges.
Amelia is studying towards a Bachelor of Commerce, with majors in Finance and Marketing, and minor in Film. She hopes to use her passion for storytelling to raise awareness and encourage activism in her community.
Felipe brings a wealth of experience in analysis, modelling and implementation of technical solutions with strong focus in adding value to organisational strategy. At VNZ Felipe’s been instrumental in delivering the 2018 Student Volunteer Week and the InvolveMe landing page/promotion website design. He provides ongoing technical support and advice around gathering requirements, designing and developing reports, dashboards and websites.
Anusha is the Senior Test Analyst for VNZ working on the InvolveMe and LeadMe tools. Her recommendations, in collaboration with the VNZ team, bring together more robust products and processes. Anusha completed her masters, majoring in Human Resource Management with a research merit and she holds a B.Sc in Information Technology.
Charlie is the communications advisor for VNZ creating media releases, online content, and editing
and writing other communications materials. He also worked on the development of LeadMe and
was the editor of the State of Volunteering Report 2017. Charlie completed a degree in
Communications, majoring in marketing, in 2017.
Lucas is writing a series of blog posts and articles for Volunteering New Zealand, with a focus on research articles. In 2016, he completed his Bachelor of Laws, and has since worked in the field of public and immigration law. Lucas enjoys reading, dancing, chess, and a good debate with his friends over the bar table.
Richa has recently completed her Master of Communication Management and is keen to explore the dynamic potential of the field in breaking the status quo and engaging people. She is currently working towards implementing VNZ’s vision and strategy for the InvolveMe tool.
