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Workgroup Information Developing Volunteer Capacities
Summary	Definition: Our approach towards volunteer development takes a comprehensive view to building and sustaining volunteer capacity: knowledge, skills, disposition, and sense of self. We believe that all organization-individual interactions are opportunities for volunteers to advance toward individual, as well as organizational goals, and therefore to strengthen University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) Statewide Program extension efforts. Purpose: Recognizing that volunteers are integral to the success of UC ANR Programs, the purpose of the workgroup is to increase volunteers’ capacity through the collaborative efforts of workgroup members. Goals/Objectives: - Establish and meet benchmarks, competencies, and best practices in Extension volunteerism, which will inform consistent professional development opportunities. - Provide researched-based curriculum, resources, tools, evaluations, etc. that help the organization meet aforementioned benchmarks. - Meet the diverse needs of UC ANR volunteers, experienced and new, by creating ways to interact with and support them. - Consistently address UC ANR strategic initiatives focused on positive youth development, home horticulture, preservation, etc. through activities in core content areas (e.g., scientific literacy, citizenship, healthy living). - Extend knowledge through research and development generated by workgroup activities.

Workgroup Chair Information

Name	Steven Worker (Chair)
Phone	415-761-1020
E-Mail	smworker@ucanr.edu
Unit:	Marin County
Location:	Cooperative Extension Marin County 1682 Novato Boulevard Suite 150-B Novato, 94947

Membership List
CE Advisor
Espinoza, Dorina		Humboldt County Office
	Youth, Families and Communities Advisor	Positive Youth Development, Nutrition Education, Food Preservation, Food Systems with a focus on emergency response
Marshall-Wheeler, Nicole		Butte County
	4-H Youth Development Advisor
Miller, JoLynn		Central Sierra Cooperative Extension
	Central Sierra Director & 4-H Youth Development Advisor	Volunteer Development, Experiential Learning, Program Planning, Working with Incarcerated Youth, Youth Retention Study
Other ANR
Miner, Gemma		Youth, Families, and Communities Statewide Program
	4-H Academic Coordinator for Volunteer Engagement	Youth Development; Experiential Education; Outdoor Program Administration and Accreditation; Volunteerism
Worker, Steven		Marin County
	4-H Youth Development Advisor	Educational research; design and research of out-of-school (informal) learning environments; positive youth development; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education
Membership Totals
Number of Members		5
ANR Members		5
Non-ANR		0
Info Only		0