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Elisa Kosarin

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Elisa Kosarin, CVA is a nonprofit specialist with 20+ years of experience in volunteer management, marketing, and development. Her work is driven by the underlying belief that volunteers have the power to create lasting, significant impact within communities – if they are engaged by organizations that know how to properly support and cultivate volunteers. Through her business, Twenty Hats, Elisa coaches, trains, and consults with volunteer managers and nonprofit organizations on volunteer management best practices. She has trained at multiple conferences, including the Association of Leaders in Volunteer Engagement (AL!VE) livestream conference and the Engaging for Impact Conference. She serves on the faculty for the Center for Nonprofit advancement and the Catalogue for Philanthropy, both located in Washington, DC. Elisa is Certified in Volunteer Administration (CVA), blogs regularly about volunteer management on VolunteerMatch and on her website, TwentyHats.com.

Elisa Kosarin

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