As Director of Volunteerism Initiatives at Idealist.org, Erin Barnhart 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), 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) co-convened by the National Assembly and AARP as well as the Effective Practices Workgroup of the Brookings Institution's Initiative on International Volunteering and Service.