Meet our new Board Members!

Beth Whitmire, AL!VE Board President:
    Beth is the Director of Volunteer Services at Give Kids the World in Orlando, Florida where     she connects over 1600 volunteers weekly to provide a meaningful experience for children     with life threatening illnesses and their families.  She has previous experience managing     large scale volunteer programs for the Super Bowl, the Salt Lake City Olympics, and the     World Cup.  Her skills are connections and partnerships, large scale events, networking, and     event planning.

Jason Frenzel, AL!VE Board President-Elect:
    Jason is working for the Huron River Watershed Council and strives to improve volunteerism     and environmental involvement of our society. He has overseen outreach and education     efforts throughout Ann Arbor and surrounding communities.  He represents AL!VE members
    in the Midwest Region.  His specialties are as a Volunteer Management mentor, Community     Relations and Engagement activities, purchasing, and IT liason.

Emilie Bromet-Bauer, CVA
    Emilie Bromet-Bauer, CVA has worked in the field of volunteer management
    for over 25 years, developing and managing volunteer programs in a variety
    of industries, including the military, social service, healthcare, and
    homeless organizations, and higher education. Most recently, she was the
    Senior Manager of Docent Programs for the California Academy of Sciences in
    San Francisco. She earned her Certificate in Volunteer Administration in
    2007 and renewed it in 2013. In 2014, Emilie earned a Masters in Human
    Science with a masters project entitled “A Model of Transformative
    Volunteer Management”. She was a founding board member of AL!VE, serving
    two terms; and she continues to be involved with AL!VE committees. Emilie
    has published about advocacy in volunteer management, and has developed and
    facilitated workshops on volunteer management, service-learning, and
    advocacy for local and national conferences.

Teri-Gene Conlin, CVA
    Teri-Gene began working as a Volunteer Coordinator at WPBS-DT in Watertown,
    NY. Her position was combined with the Education Services Manager position
    at the station to create the Outreach Manager position. After many years
    in that position, her husband retired from the US Army and in 2014 took a
    position in Eau Claire WI with Mayo Clinic. Teri-Gene now works as the
    Volunteer Coordinator for the City of Eau Claire. She is President-Elect
    of the Chippewa Valley Volunteer Coordinators Association and Secretary for
    the Wisconsin Volunteer Coordinators Association as well as 2016 Conference
    Chair/2017 Conference Co-Chair and is also part of the Membership
    Committee. In 2015, Teri-Gene received her Cerification in Volunteer
    Administration(CVA) through the Council for Certification in Volunteer
    Administration.