Erin Barnhart is the Director of Volunteerism Initiatives with Idealist.org. An AmeriCorps*NCCC alum, Erin earned an MPA in Public Policy and a Graduate Certificate in Not-for-Profit Management from the University of Oregon in 2004. Following her Masters Degree, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to Canada to study volunteer centers in British Columbia and the Yukon. In 2005, Erin began work on a Ph.D., studying international civic engagement at Portland State University. As Director of Volunteerism Initiatives, Erin develops and delivers tools, trainings, and resources for volunteers and volunteer resource managers worldwide in order to support meaningful, effective engagement. She serves on the founding board of the Association of Leaders in Volunteer Engagement (ALIVE), the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Volunteer Administration (IJOVA), the board of the Northwest Oregon Volunteer Administrators Association (NOVAA), and the Oregon Committee on Volunteerism. She also co-hosts the Volunteers and Technology forum on TechSoup.org and chairs both the National Organizations Volunteerism Network (NOVN) and the Effective Practices Workgroup of the Brookings Institution's Initiative on International Volunteering and Service.