About me
Kayla Paulson, CVA(she/her) fights for more strategic and impactful volunteer engagement. For more than a decade she served in leadership roles at a regional United Way Volunteer Center as a VGF subgrantee, an RSVP Director of 3 grants, briefly as an interim AmeriCorps Director, supporting AmeriCorps VISTAs, and delivering the Service Enterprise Program, and more. She for more than a decade she has been helping organizations transform the way they operate and strategically engage volunteers. Kayla has served in committed and leadership volunteer roles with Points of Light, AL!VE, United Way Worldwide, locally with the Association of RSVP Directors, Volunteer Centers of Iowa, and Leaders in Volunteerism to help improve volunteer engagement practices at national and local levels. Now, Kayla helps nonprofits build capacity and better meet community needs as AL!VE’s National Service Enterprise Administrator, a Supportive Environments for Effectiveness Coach for reDirect Foundation, and independent consultant, trainer, and coach helping companies, volunteer convenors, government organizations, nonprofit leadership centers, and nonprofits deliver their social mission.