She succeeds Alison Marshall who indicated at the AGM in October her wish to set down from the position, having been Chairperson since late in 2001.
Gillian has been a member of the Board since 2008. She brings to the position a background in human resources and a special interest in building capacity and capability. She has worked in both the private and public sectors as a consultant and project manager including volunteer programmes for a major national community sector organisations and major events. In 2009 she managed the very successful volunteer programmes for the World Under 19 Basketball Championships and the Winter Games. She was previously with SPARC where she had responsibility for implementing the volunteer strategy in three broad areas; research, resources and recognition.
Olwen Taylor was re-elected Vice-Chairperson and Lloyd Davies re-elected Secretary/Treasurer. Alison Marshall is continuing as a member of the VNZ Board and is also the NZ representative on the Executive of the Australasian Association of Volunteer Administrators. |
