GAVA News

For nearly 20 years, Dr. Jazmyn Davis’s career has been spent in service to student learning and development. Jazmyn currently serves as the Associate Director of Outreach for the WomenLead program in Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business. WomenLead’s mission is to advance women’s leadership in the world by empowering all students to aspire to and achieve leadership roles. At the heart of WomenLead is its three-credit one-semester professional Signature Experience course. 

During the course, students engage with community leaders from across industry through panels, networking events, engagement interviews and mentoring opportunities. Available to students enrolled at the Georgia State University Atlanta campus, WomenLead offers students their choice of sections emphasizing business, science, policy and politics, entrepreneurship and innovation, technology, the arts, sports, law, and graduate school.

In her role, Jazmyn recruits and manages volunteers; coordinates events for the program’s students, alumni, and community partners; and works with the WomenLead Director, university development officers and other WomenLead faculty and staff to support and grow the operations and execution of the WomenLead program for its many stakeholders.

What I enjoy about working with volunteers?

One of the best parts of working with volunteers is providing them a learning space to share their knowledge and expertise with the next generation of leaders. Seeing our students apply the wisdom and advice that our volunteers excitedly share with them to their professional and leadership development plans is an amazing part of my role.

Call to action:

Thank you to our renewing GAVA members:

• Nancy Williams, Piedmont Columbus Regional
     

Join the Gwinnett Nonprofit Coalition (GNC) for 501Connect, our signature networking event that transforms shared spaces into launchpads for connection, collaboration, and creativity.

This indoor-outdoor experience is more than a mixer — it’s a curated opportunity to build your support squad and engage with potential partners from across the nonprofit ecosystem, including members of the Council of Volunteer Administrators of Metropolitan Atlanta (COVA) and the Georgia Association for Volunteer Administration (GAVA).

Whether you're exchanging ideas, finding collaborators, or just getting inspired, 501Connect delivers:

Spaces that foster trust, spark innovation, and fuel bold thinking

Squads that amplify your reach, resources, and impact

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In this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast, Tobi welcomes Michele Wiesner, Director of Capacity Building at Hire Heroes USA onto the show! Michele discusses her extensive experience in volunteer engagement and career development, particularly her role in developing a robust volunteer program at Hire Heroes.  Listen now. 

Thank you to our new & renewing GAVA members:

• Tracy Alladice, Home, Inc.
• Miranda Shealy, Fernbank Museum
• Savannah COVA
     

Thank you to our renewing GAVA members:

• Becca Barnes, Tellus Science Museum
• Hannah Ford, Athens Area Humane Society
• Sarah Mackey, Women in Security and Privacy
• Kortney Morris, Atlanta Regional Commission
• Ife Okwumabua, The Arthritis Foundation
• Timothy Suda, American Red Cross
      

At GAVA, we want to learn from you!

Have you incorporated Artificial Intelligence (AI) into your volunteer management practices? Whether it’s using chatbots to answer FAQs, automating volunteer scheduling, analyzing engagement data, or leveraging AI for training and recognition, we’d love to hear about your experiences.

Thank you to our renewing GAVA members:

• April Anderson, Zoo Atlanta
• Southeast Region, National Park Service