Business Volunteers Maryland

doing good. better.

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Programs and Services

All of our programs and services have been adapted to provide a virtual experience

Company-wide engagement: We provide businesses with the resources, strategy, and programming to facilitate company-wide community engagement and strengthen social responsibility.

Civic leadership opportunities: We provide individual pathways and programming for all level of professional, from rising to executive, to engage deeply in the community.

Our programs and services help businesses and individuals BUILD, CONNECT, and CONSULT under four general categories:

  • Board    support and matching for nonprofit board service
  • Skill   develop tangible skills and serve using professional expertise
  • Business  strategy and best practices for corporate community impact
  • Community direct learning and service in causes and community

Learn more about some of our programs here:

For Individuals

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Helping Volunteers do good. better.

Let us help you find opportunities to lend your time and talent to organizations that are working to improve our community. Business Volunteers is the primary resource for recruiting, developing and organizing community and business volunteers in the Central Maryland region.

GIVE Program

Learn more about our civic leadership development program Learn More

PENCIL Partnership

Join our PENCIL Partnership Program and bring about innovative solutions to the challenges facing public education Find Out More

If you need any assistance as you search our website or if you are interested in learning more about our organization by attending one of our many events, feel free to call or email us at 410-366-6030 or info@businessvolunteersmd.org

Board Matching Services

find-board-membersThrough our Board Leadership Program, Business Volunteers screens and refers business professionals to nonprofit organizations. This program gives nonprofits the opportunity to find effective candidates to serve on their board.

Benefits of Involvement

  • Expertise: Nonprofits receive expertise to strengthen current operations and build capacity for the future.
  • Resources: Community organizations receive trained professionals who facilitate access to future board members and other business resources.
  • Professional Development: Nonprofit staff has opportunities to develop professional skills while learning from business peers.

Participation Requirements

  • Central Maryland location
  • Undergo a Board Governance needs assessment and complete an organizational profile
  • Meet with Business Volunteers staff to review your governance needs
  • Complete an annual update

For more information, contact boardleadership@businessvolunteersmd.org or 410-366-6030.

Nonprofits

Why work with Business Volunteers?

Business Volunteers helps to build the capacity, network, and resources of community organizations by connecting them to the time, talent, and support of the business community. Through our partnerships with regional companies and their employees, we provide nonprofits and schools FREE and facilitated connections to volunteers, consultants, board members, trainings, partnerships, and more!

ALL ORGANIZATIONS MUST SUBMIT A PROFILE WITH BUSINESS VOLUNTEERS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE ANY SERVICES. 

Click here to access the Nonprofit Profile. 

How to Get Started

To leverage the most successful partnership with Business Volunteers Maryland, nonprofits need to understand the process of engaging with the corporate community. Here’s how to make sure your organization isn’t missing out:

Volunteer Needs

After you complete your Nonprofit Profile, your organization is eligible to request support through our programming. See below for more information and request forms.

Direct Service Volunteer Needs

communityCONNECT brings groups of corporate volunteers to your organization in a “done in a day” direct service group volunteering event. Events can range from 10 to hundreds of volunteers and include activities such as beautification, environmental work, supply sorting, tutoring, mock interviews, meal preparation, and more. 

The form should be completed regularly with new or updated service project information so that BVM staff remains up to date with your availability. 

Click here to submit group direct service project options

Skilled Volunteer Needs

The form linked below captures interest in participating in one of BVM’s skillCONNECT sessions, or pro bono support.

Feel free to submit your organization’s BUSINESS CHALLENGES (not program challenges!) that could use support from a group of pro bono consultants with aligned expertise. 

skillCONNECT is a 3-hour event in which nonprofits are paired with small groups of highly skilled employees from a business volunteering their time to serve as consultants. Participating nonprofits can expect to leave the session with fresh takes and ideas on problems they are facing, guidance from experts on productive next steps, and future connections.

Please update as needed to reflect new or ongoing business challenges you would like support on.  

Every year, BVM selects 7-10 nonprofits and fiscally sponsored organizations to host a group of GIVE Fellows to serve as long term, pro bono consultants for their organizations.  

Teams of 4-6 GIVE Fellows are matched with a nonprofit for a 5-month period. Each Advisory Team will immerse themselves in a collaborative process with their nonprofit between June and November. GIVE Fellows engage in thought-partnership to understand and address complex organizational challenges impacting nonprofit leaders.

Applications for the 2025 GIVE Advisory Projects are CLOSED. Click the button below to learn more and prepare for the next application cycle.

Click here to submit a business challenge for probono support
Click here to learn more about GIVE Advisory Projects

Board Member Needs

In our boardCONSULT program, Business Volunteers works on behalf of professionals seeking board service opportunities to match them to aligned boards. Nonprofits complete a detailed profile about their board that candidates view. We reach out to you with any interested candidate’s resume/bio and you determine if you’d like to meet them. This happens year round with referrals emailed to you as they arise. 

boardCONNECT is a round-robin, fast-paced, highly popular event designed to help nonprofits meet board candidates through a series of micro-interviews. boardCONNECT occurs twice a year, usually in spring and fall. About 10 nonprofit organizations are selected to attend each event based on a variety of factors.  TO EXPRESS INTEREST IN ATTENDING BOARDCONNECT, LOOK FOR EMAILS FROM BVM. Nonprofits MUST have a nonprofit and board profile complete to be considered.  

***In order to receive ANY board matching support from Business Volunteers,  you must complete BOTH a nonprofit profile (linked above) AND a special board profile (linked on the button below).** 

Click here to submit a board profile for Board Matching Services

Leveraging Your Partnership

Members of our staff may contact you with aligned, ongoing opportunities available for your organization. This includes board member referrals, team volunteer project opportunities, and skilled volunteering opportunities. 

To effectively leverage this partnership, provide timely responses to communication, apply early and often to opportunities, and take advantage of trainings and networking opportunities.

Please note that Business Volunteers staff works on behalf of our corporate partners and their employees to find and match them with community organizations that meet their needs and community engagement goals. Depending on the mission, location, engagement opportunities, size, scope, and stability of your organization, you may receive many referrals or none at all.

Our Programs and Services

At Business Volunteers, we believe in three pillars for corporate community engagement. Explore how your organization can align with us in doing good. better. 

Business Volunteers hosts a variety of free trainings to support nonprofits and their staff. In particular, nonprofits should consider the communityBUILD series aimed at building nonprofit operational capacity, and the skillBUILD series aimed at building individual professional skillsets. 

Visit our events page for a list of trainings, and keep an eye out for our Nonprofit Newsletters for additional opportunities. 

Through our direct service programs, we manage company team volunteering events. Our role ranges from basic support to full-scale management.  

Organizations that can provide ongoing meaningful direct service volunteer projects for large groups are highly desired. We aim to ensure both a great experience for both the business and community partner, bringing a suite of best practices to support a smooth, rewarding, and impactful event with lasting benefits.  

Through our skillCONNECT and GIVE Fellowship experiences, we also support community partners by providing them with pro bono consultation services.  

Finally, twice a year we offer board matching services through boardCONNECT, a fast-paced event designed to help you meet a variety of board candidates. 

Board Matching  
Through our ongoing boardCONSULT program, we match business professionals seeking nonprofit board service to organizations seeking board members through a concierge matching and training program. Over 2,000 professionals have been placed on regional boards through this service. 

Corporate Partnerships  
In all of our connections and events, we strive to build lasting relationships between companies and nonprofits. At times, this effort is intentional, as we scope nonprofit or school partners that meet company interests and needs.  

Resources  
As opportunities arise, we assist our business partners with distribution and donations of office supplies, goods and services, tickets, gifts, and dollars.  

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Our Culture

CURRENT JOB OPENINGS

At Business Volunteers Maryland, we define ourselves as community engagement experts.  Along with our mission “to inspire volunteerism and connect motivated people and businesses to nonprofit organizations leading to stronger communities,” BVM’s core focus is building the communities around us, including internally!

The BVM culture goes together with our mission … we inspire each other to build better processes, better outcomes, and a stronger community, for us and the world around us.

  • We love to give back: in volunteer hours, helpful connections and supporting community efforts.
  • We support each other.
  • We challenge our assumptions and our processes to work smarter.
  • We love to learn.
  • We respect work/life balance.
  • We have a collective great sense of humor!

Not much can top that, but there are many other benefits to working at BVM!

  • Paid time-off for Federal Holidays, plus the week between Christmas and New Year’s
  • Accrued vacation time
  • Personal leave
  • Paid time off for volunteering (obviously!)
  • Access to Health Benefits, FSA, Life & Disability Insurance, and Retirement Plan*
  • Federal Hill office location with parking (or a bike rack if you prefer)

If you want to work for an organization while you become more involved in your community, and where you can work with a smart, creative, and supportive team, well, you have made it home.

Email: info@businessvolunteersmd.org to find out about open positions.

*Full time employees only

Board and Leadership

Board of Directors

James D. Witty, Chair
Capital Bank

Noelle Hewitt (GIVE 2014), Vice Chair, Marketing Co-Chair
Merritt Properties

James Lee, Secretary
Prometric

Elizabeth Buckler (GIVE 2018), Treasurer
M&T Bank

Marc Kolp, Business Strategy Chair
UMBC Center for Leadership and Innovation

Michael Schollaert, Governance Chair
Baker Donelson

Ashley Webb (GIVE 2014), Philanthropy Chair
Brown Advisory

Courtney Bode
Baltimore Business Journal

Ron Causey
Cirrus Advisors

Medley DeLeonibus (GIVE 2014) 
Elavaire

Tim Evans
National League of Cities

Jill Green
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Kimberly Harris
Prince George’s County, Maryland

Faith Johnson
Allegis Group and TEKsystems

Kristin Kosmides
Franklin Templeton

Robbin Lee-Fuentes, Advisory Board Co-Chair
Upsurge at Greater Baltimore Committee

Laura McCoy
Baltimore Gas & Electric

Alec Mitchell (GIVE 2020), Advisory Board Co-Chair 
Cushman & Wakefield

Melanie O’Brien 
Southwest Airlines

Sarah Sedlak (GIVE Founder)
SC&H Group

Morgan Somerville
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Tim A. Thornton
Fulton Bank

Founding Board Chair
James Brinkley, Emeritus

Advisory Board

Alec Mitchell (GIVE 2020),
Co-Chair
Cushman & Wakefield

Robbin Lee-Fuentes, Co-Chair
Upsurge at Greater Baltimore Committee

Jeremy Deighton (GIVE 2016)
UMBC Center for Leadership and Innovation

Brian Gordon (GIVE 2020)
Brown Advisory

Alexis Green (GIVE 2016)
LucidLink

Carla Johnson (GIVE 2022),
GIVE Alumni Committee Chair
Allegis Group

Colin Kendall (GIVE 2020), Marketing Co-Chair
SC&H Group

Rotica Lewis (GIVE 2023)
Baltimore Gas & Electric

Olive Waxter Mitchell (GIVE 2022)
Curi Wealth Management

Ariel Nathan
Constellation

Hannah Schmitz (GIVE 2021)
Wexford Science and Technology

Kelly Tallant (GIVE 2018)
Baltimore Ravens 

Nia Wallace Ward (GIVE 2022)
Kennedy Krieger Institute

Matthew Youssef (GIVE 2014)
Niles, Barton & Wilmer

Alice Zients (GIVE 2018)
NASDAQ

GIVE Alumni Committee

Carla Johnson (GIVE 2022),
GIVE Alumni Committee Chair
Allegis Group

Ako-Akeem Boyd (GIVE 2025),
Northrop Grumman

Ashley Downes (GIVE 2024),
Self-Employed

Connor Eagleson (GIVE 2024)
Brown Advisory

Elena Filarecki (GIVE 2025),
CareFirst

Essence Fredericks (GIVE 2023),
Allegis Group

Sikoka Frett (GIVE 2025), 
JHU Carey Business School

Lindsay Gaughan (GIVE 2025)
UMBC Training Centers

Nick Harriday (GIVE 2022)
Northrop Grumman

Benjamin Hosford (GIVE 2025)
Merritt Properties

Tyler Joyner (GIVE 2025)
T. Rowe Price

Aaron Kaufman (GIVE 2016)
Central Baltimore Partnership

Natalie Ledeboer-Cid (GIVE 2024)
Global Refuge

Tkeyah Mays (GIVE 2025)
Robert Half

Shevelle Montgomery (GIVE 2024)
Associated Black Charities

Olu Oduola (GIVE 2025)
CohnReznick

Victoria Owings Fields (GIVE 2024)
JHU Carey Business School

Kendal Peifer (GIVE 2024)
TEKSystems/Allegis Group

Jessica Regelmann (GIVE 2025)
Allegis Group

Rachel Saffell (GIVE 2024)
Robert Half

Marvin Williams (GIVE 2025)
Brown Advisory

Our Staff

People who make a difference.

Alissa GanserPresident and CEOaganser@businessvolunteersmd.org
Katie SuttonDeputy Directorksutton@businessvolunteersmd.org
Tracy O’ConnorDirector of Business Engagementtoconnor@businessvolunteersmd.org
Evan GoughManager of Special Programsegough@businessvolunteersmd.org
Mira HuangMarketing & Technology Managermhuang@businessvolunteersmd.org
Leah LovelaceManager of Community Engagementllovelace@businessvolunteersmd.org
Danyette YoungOperations Managerdyoung@businessvolunteersmd.org
JB HollanderCoordinator of Business Engagementjhollander@businessvolunteersmd.org

Impact

Building a Stronger Community

“Our partnership with Business Volunteers is a strategic business decision that serves as a recruiting and retention tool.”

Ron Causey, CEO, SC&H Group
Business Volunteers’ Board Chair

Our Impact:

  • For every dollar ($1) contributed to Business Volunteers, we return five dollars ($5) to the community.
  • To date, we have completed more than 900 board matches. Thirty percent (35%) of those board members are now in leadership roles.
  • We have empowered and engaged 320 Civic leaders our GIVE Fellowship Program.
  • Business Volunteers has provided valuable resources and training opportunities to more than 4,290 business professionals and 1,925 nonprofit staff members.
  • Since 2003, Business Volunteers has connected more than 215,000 individuals to volunteer opportunities and has infused more than $42 million in time and talent into Central Maryland.

Ready to Get Involved? Contact us today!

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