Leanna joined Volunteer Victoria in December 2010 as our Youth Program Coordinator. She has many years experience working in community serving organizations, and much of that time has been spent supporting youth volunteers around community engagement and leadership development. She holds a Master of Arts in Leadership through Royal Roads University with a Major Project on youth engagement, and has a BA in French. Most recently she was the Host Youth Services Facilitator for the Inter Cultural Association (ICA) and the Queen Alexandra Foundation Youth Advisory Council co-facilitator. Prior to this, she worked in Vancouver with the Windermere Community Schools Team and the False Creek Community Centre developing and running various youth programs. Leanna volunteers as a Youth Advisory Group member to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, and can be found paddling in the Gorge, digging in the garden or chatting over coffee!

Leanna can be reached at leanna@volunteervictoria.bc.ca.

Beth has been managing Volunteer Victoria's training & outreach program since 2006. In this role, she coordinates and delivers professional development workshops for the nonprofit sector and speaks regularly in the community on the value of volunteering. Beth also heads up Volunteer Victoria's Emerging Leaders Network, a group of more than 150 nonprofit professionals in the Greater Victoria area.

Beth worked as both a training coordinator and online course developer for the Canadian Red Cross for several years and also spent time carrying out recruitment and selection activities for a public health unit in Ontario. Her experience also includes coordinating executive training programs and summer student abroad programs at The University of British Columbia and coordinating MBA programs for international and domestic students at Royal Roads University.

An engaging and dynamic training professional, Beth holds a Master's degree in Education with a focus in Adult Education from UBC and a Bachelor of Arts from Wilfrid Laurier University. She has lived in Ontario, France and China and possesses certificates in both intercultural studies and volunteer management. Beth is a member of the Administrators of Volunteer Resources British Columbia (AVRBC).

Beth can be reached at beth@volunteervictoria.bc.ca

Lornna started at VV in June 2008. She is the Volunteer Access Program Coordinator. Lornna completed a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) from the University of British Columbia in 1983 followed by a Mental Health Worker’s Certification in 1993. For the past eighteen years she has supported people who are differently abled in residential, community and educational settings. In her spare time Lornna loves to write and act in plays and films as well as perform Improvisational Comedy.

Lornna can be reached at lornna@volunteervictoria.bc.ca

Keeta has a longstanding passion for working with youth and has had the privilege to work with youth in both Canada and the UK. She has had the opportunity to work with special needs youth including youth with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, learning disorders, youth with addictions and oppositional defiant disorders. Keeta is enthusiastic about continuing education and currently holds BA from the University of Victoria in English with a minor in psychology. She has also worked with the nonprofit organizations Science Venture and the Salvation Army’s Beacon of Hope House in Victoria. As a second generation nonprofiteer and volunteer, Keeta’s first volunteer experience occurred when she was six years old, while working with Habitat for Humanity. Her job was to hold the bucket of nails for her father as they helped to rebuild a school in New Orleans after hurricane Andrew. Her hobbies include learning new and interesting skills such as juggling, balloon twisting and beach rock stacking. While she will never be found in the garden, you will find her in the local cinema, in the library or on the beach with a sketch pad.

Keeta can be reached at keeta@volunteervictoria.bc.ca.