Meet our team of webinar presenters

Erin Barnhart
Director, Volunteerism Initiatives, Idealist.org
Presenting on volunteerism topics

As Idealist.org's Director of Volunteerism Initiatives, 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 both the founding board of the Association of Leaders in Volunteer Engagement and the Oregon Committee on Volunteerism, co-hosts the Volunteers and Technology forum on TechSoup.org, and chairs the National Organizations' Volunteer Network as well as the Effective Practices Workgroup of the Brookings Institution's Initiative on International Volunteering and Service. Erin also coordinates Idealist.org Global Volunteering Fairs and developed and manages Volunteer Management Resource Center and International Volunteerism Resource Center.

Meg Busse
Director, Nonprofit Career Transitions Program, Idealist.org
Presenting on nonprofit career transitions topics

Meg is the Director of the Nonprofit Career Transitions Program at Idealist.org. She is the author of The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for First-time Job Seekers and works primarily with students who are seeking their first jobs after college. One of the best parts of her work is that she gets to travel around the country talking with students and career advisors about nonprofit career opportunities in general, and in particular about the fact that any job that's in the for-profit sector is also available in the nonprofit sector (even stockbroker). Meg is the Secretary of MPACE, co-chairs the National Campaign to Promote Nonprofit Careers, and is on the national board of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN).

Jung Fitzpatrick
Graduate Education Communications Coordinator, Idealist.org
Presenting on graduate education topics

Jung is the Graduate Education Communications Coordinator at Idealist.org. Jung joined the team in February 2007 as a longtime beneficiary and advocate of Idealist.org's resources and services. She markets the Idealist.org Graduate Education Resource Program to prospective graduate students. Specifically, she promotes and travels with the Graduate Degree Fairs for the Public Good, a series of free events held across North America every year that connect prospective students to social impact grad programs. Additionally, she manages development of and promotes the Public Service Graduate Education Resource Center, the only online space dedicated to informing people about the ins and outs of postgraduate education options that can help them propel their public service careers.

Steven Joiner
Director, Career Transitions Program, Idealist.org
Presenting on nonprofit career transitions topics

Steven is the Director of the Career Transitions Program at Idealist.org. He works with professionals in career transition and is the author of The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for Sector Switchers. He is also the manager of the Idealist Mid Career Transitions Resource Center. He speaks nationally to both nonprofit job seekers with previous work experience as well as those career services professionals who counsel them.

Amy Potthast
Director, Service and Graduate Programs, Idealist.org
Presenting on service corps topics

Amy is Director of Idealist's service initiatives. She has served as a Peace Corps volunteer and trainer, an AmeriCorps member, and an AmeriCorps VISTA team leader. At Idealist, Amy has spearheaded the development of new resources, trainings, and events to promote public service careers and graduate education. Amy has also helped develop and implement the Institute on Public Service Careers (IPSC), recipient of the 2006 National Association of Colleges and Employers/Chevron Award for innovative programming for undergraduate career service professionals. Also in 2006, she developed content for What's Next: Life After Your Service Year, the career transitions website for AmeriCorps VISTA. In 2007, she earned the Building Bridges Award from the National Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals for developing the Idealist.org Graduate Degree Fairs for the Public Good. In 2008, she founded The New Service blog, and in 2009, she authored Service Corps to Social Impact Career: A Companion to The Idealist Guides to Nonprofit Careers. Her work has increasingly focused on highlighting pathways to service corps participation as preparation for school and social impact careers.

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