GVS ‘26
Global Volunteering Summit 2026
Feb 25-26, 2026
Reception on Feb 24, 2026
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
An invite-only gathering of 300+ social impact leaders to accelerate innovation in employee volunteering and spark a global movement.
Goodera Partners
Speakers at GVS'26
Aaron Hurst
US Chamber of Connection
Alice Zients
NASDAQ
Amanda Bisgaard
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
Andrea Bell
ACCP
Andrea Mazie
PwC
Angela Parker
REALIZED WORTH
Barbra Anderson
Cencora
Chris Noble
CARE
Dale Strange
YourCause from Blackbaud
Deana Campbell
HCA Healthcare
Diana Fischer
Workday
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Jane Baldwin
LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS
Jen Carter
Google
Jennifer Remling
EX WARNER BROS.
Julie Lata
Pure Storage
Karen Bergin
Microsoft
Kate Laepple Hertzog
Cencora
Kate Stobbe
CECP
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Kelly France
LINKEDIN
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Kenrick Fraser
Social Impact & Employee Engagement Executive
Lindsey Gibson
Visa
Mallory Burke
ATLASSIAN
Marissa O’Rourke
SERVICENOW
Michael Cheever
College Success Foundation
Molly Hover McCooey
L'oreal
Priya Parker
AUTHOR AND SPEAKER
Raechelle Drakeford
3M
Ranna Daud
AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS PUGET SOUND
Sarah Wills
Think Together
Shannon Coyne Rosado
Nielsen
Shayla Nilsen
JP MORGAN CHASE
Sneha Patel
Gap
Soraya Alexander
Benevity
Stephanie Kim-Poston
Cadence
Sydney Thompson
Deed
Toily Kurbanov
Xene Otting
Ford
Aaron Hurst
US Chamber of Connection
Alice Zients
NASDAQ
Amanda Bisgaard
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
Andrea Bell
ACCP
Andrea Mazie
PwC
Angela Parker
REALIZED WORTH
Barbra Anderson
Cencora
Chris Noble
CARE
Dale Strange
YourCause from Blackbaud
Deana Campbell
HCA Healthcare
Diana Fischer
Workday
Jane Baldwin
LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS
Jen Carter
Google
Jennifer Remling
EX WARNER BROS.
Julie Lata
Pure Storage
Karen Bergin
Microsoft
Kate Laepple Hertzog
Cencora
Kate Stobbe
CECP
Kelly France
LINKEDIN
Kenrick Fraser
Social Impact & Employee Engagement Executive
Lindsey Gibson
Visa
Mallory Burke
ATLASSIAN
Marissa O’Rourke
SERVICENOW
Michael Cheever
College Success Foundation
Molly Hover McCooey
L'oreal
Priya Parker
AUTHOR AND SPEAKER
Raechelle Drakeford
3M
Ranna Daud
AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS PUGET SOUND
Sarah Wills
Think Together
Shannon Coyne Rosado
Nielsen
Shayla Nilsen
JP MORGAN CHASE
Sneha Patel
Gap
Soraya Alexander
Benevity
Stephanie Kim-Poston
Cadence
Sydney Thompson
Deed
Toily Kurbanov
Xene Otting
Ford
...and more
Global
Volunteering
Awards
Honoring Excellence in Volunteering
Award categories include: 6 Company Awards, 5 Changemaker awards, and 4 Champion Awards.
Goodera will also honor exceptional hosts and outstanding Nonprofit partners at the Global Volunteering Awards on February 25, 2026.
Company Awards
Changemaker Awards
CHAMPION Awards
Agenda & Venue
Hayes Mansion San Jose
Curio Collection by Hilton
Away from the hustle of the city and yet easily accessible, our venue will enable an immersive experience where you can disconnect from the world and reconnect with your community. Just pack your bags and come - we’ will take care of everything else!
Reception on February 24, 2026
An evening to arrive, unwind, and connect.
We’ll kick off Global Volunteering Summit 2026 with an opening reception designed for great conversations and real connection. No panels. No presentations. Just a casual space to meet impact leaders from across regions and roles, reconnect with old friends or make new ones, and settle into the week ahead before the sessions and activities begin.
First Half
8:00 AM
✍️ REGISTRATIONS AND BREAKFAST
Goodera presentation
The Future of volunteering with Goodera
Panel Discussion
Enterprise-grade Volunteering: Build, scale, and nurture a global volunteering program
COFFEE BREAK
Partner Spotlight
Benevity X Goodera: Partnering for Purpose
Fireside Chat
AI and Volunteering
12:15 PM
LUNCH BREAK
Second Half
Case study
Atlassian x Goodera: Building a Scalable Global Volunteering Program
Volunteering experience
The Volunteering Safari
Expertise - Knowledge Center, VQ report, Volunteering Trends
Portfolio - Volunteering Station, Pro bono AI, Community Missions, Offsite volunteering
Infrastructure - Goodera Tech stack, Volunteering campaigns, Goodera Assured, Connection Quotient
Community - Case studies, Lounges for Unfiltered discussions
Volunteering experience
Assemble path following robots to promote applied STEM learning in classrooms
COFFEE BREAK
BREAKOUT SESSION
Realized Worth Takes You Behind the Scenes: A Day in the Life of a Goodera Host
BREAKOUT SESSION
Volunteering for Moments that Matter
BREAKOUT SESSION
Volunteering for Moments that Matter
BREAKOUT SESSION
Panel Discussion: Activating New Volunteers
REST / BREAK
6:30 PM
AWARDS NIGHT & SEATED DINNER
Fireside chat with Star speaker
Gathering for Good
Keynote Address
International Volunteer year: Keynote address from executive coordinator, United Nations Volunteers
Global Volunteering Awards
One Epic party
First Half
8:00 AM
🥞 BREAKFAST
Fireside chat
YourCause X Goodera: Scaling Impact through ecosystem partnership
Panel Discussion
From events to programs: Designing volunteering for Long-term impact
☕️ COFFEE BREAK
Panel Discussion
AI For All: Advancing AI Readiness Through Skills-Based Volunteering
Panel Discussion
Building An Effective Volunteer Champion Network
Design Studio
Build Your Own Champion Network Strategy
🥪 LUNCH BREAK
Second Half
Panel Discussion
Planning Company-Wide Volunteer Campaigns
Panel Discussion
Developing An Impact Measurement Framework For Corporate Volunteering
BREAKOUT SESSION
Community-centered Programs to Advance Health Equity
BREAKOUT SESSION
Ford Philanthropy Case Study: Building Together with Goodera and Deed
BREAKOUT SESSION
Fireside Chat with Pwc: Developing Human Skills Through Volunteering in an AI World
Goodera Presentation
Closing remarks
The Volunteering Safari
An EPIC Guided Tour Through The Landscape of Volunteering
The Volunteering Safari is a guided experience designed to help you explore the evolving ecosystem of modern volunteering. Built around the EPIC framework (Expertise, Portfolio, Infrastructure, Community), you’ll explore how Goodera is helping shape the volunteering ecosystem.
Discover volunteering trends, the VQ Report, and emerging research and insights curated from real ground work. Experience the different kinds of volunteering programs teams are running today, see the systems and tech stacks that make volunteering scalable, and connect through stories and insightful conversations.
GVS ‘25 recap
The Global Volunteering Summit 2025 saw 100+ social impact leaders from the world’s most impactful brands. The two day summit was packed with insightful sessions, panel discussions, engagaing volunteering experiences, celebrations and more.
All this and more awaits you at GVS’26.
See you there!
