Faiza Venzant on the State of Nonprofits, DEI, Managing Volunteers and Why Everyone Can Win

Faiza Venzant, CVA, Executive Director of the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration (CCVA) and Principal Investigator with the Assessing Diversity and Equity in Volunteer Inclusion project.

With over 25 years of leadership experience in volunteer engagement, Faiza brings both a global and deeply personal perspective to the nonprofit sector.

In one of the final interviews of the year, Faiza sits down with Swim to get her perspective of the state of nonprofits in Canada and the U.S., the wave of layoffs across the sector, and the question that never seems to go away: Are volunteer administrators truly being valued?

Faiza even gets candid about what she doesn’t like seeing in the nonprofit space right now, why DEI is not dead, what keeps her up at night as an Executive Director, and why she wants to see everyone win.

Whether you lead volunteers, fund programs, or are just passionate about community impact, this is an episode you’ll want to hear.

Key Topics:

• The current state of nonprofits in North America
• Why layoffs are hitting the sector so hard
• The respect (and reality) of volunteer management roles
• Balancing identity between the personal and professional
• Is DEI dead?
• What keeps nonprofit leaders awake at night
• Real-world advice for emerging nonprofit leaders

More about Faiza Venzant, CVA. Faiza Venzant is the Executive Director of the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration.

With 25 years of leadership in volunteer engagement, Faiza has been recognized for excellence with numerous awards, including the 2022 June Callwood Outstanding Achievement Award for Voluntarism. She’s also a published author and passionate advocate for improving equity, access, and representation across volunteer leadership.

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