The Office of Donor and Volunteer Engagement (DVE) works across Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine to ensure excellent long-term relationships are built with our donors and volunteers through creative and effective opportunities for stewardship, engagement, and recognition. As director of Volunteer Engagement, Erin and her team work with university and medicine leaders to engage volunteers in meaningful ways that foster pride and support for Johns Hopkins. Some of the main volunteer activities managed by DVE include the Johns Hopkins Volunteer Leadership Summit, Hopkins Highlights, and Johns Hopkins in Action.
While the director of volunteer engagement position is new to me, I’ve been at the institution for more than eight years serving as the deputy to the vice provost for student affairs. In that role, I served as the chief of staff for a number of vice provosts over the years. As transitions occurred in the student affairs area, I was also the senior advisor to the vice provost for student health and well-being.
However, the Hopkins affiliation most dear to me is being an alumna of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Class of 1994. I just had my 25th reunion last spring and it was wonderful to reconnect with so many of my classmates.
I love watching the institution grow and evolve. I jokingly say that the one constant about Hopkins is that it is constantly changing, but I think the institution’s ability to foster an environment where people consistently ask, “What’s next?” is at the core of what makes it so special. I find it energizing and exciting.
I’ve had the pleasure of working with boards and councils for much of my professional career – ranging from governance boards to fundraising councils. I love working with volunteers and developing opportunities for them to engage in ways that are meaningful to both them and the institution. I’ve also had the great pleasure of working quite closely with a number of colleagues in development and alumni relations over the years and have great respect for them. As a result, when this opportunity presented itself, I jumped at the chance to join the team.
In student affairs, one of the groups with which I worked most closely was the Hopkins Parents Council. Whether it is supporting events and speaker series such as the MSE Symposium, Foreign Affairs Symposium, or Lighting of the Quads; providing internships through the Parents Internship Network; hosting summer send-offs for incoming Krieger and Whiting undergraduates prior to orientation; or serving in an advisory capacity for the vice provost for student affairs, every year students on the Homewood campus benefit from this group’s efforts.
In this new position, I’m looking forward to working with the many other volunteer councils and boards across the institution and learning how they’re impacting their areas.
Absolutely! We just recently began planning for the 2020 Volunteer Leadership Summit. It will take place October 1-2, 2020, providing a forum for volunteer leaders from across Johns Hopkins University and Medicine to meet and network with senior faculty, university administrators, and each other. There will be a mix of small-group working sessions, presentations, and social networking. More details will be forthcoming in the new year.
I look forward to getting know our volunteers. I can be reached via email at eyun2@jhu.edu or phone at 410-516-5268.
Topics: Alumni, Friends of Johns Hopkins Medicine, Parents