Eighteen months into the global pandemic, the reality of employee volunteerism has shifted, and will continue to shift as the future of work evolves. Yet engaging employees has never been more important. What skills are needed to ensure employee programs thrive in the future of work?
Many companies building scalable, strategic employee engagement programs have focused on investing in pro bono programs, providing capacity building support to their nonprofit partners. We’ll talk about the role pro bono can play to form deeper connections and unlock corporate value. Our panelists will share their approaches to meet the moment, what they believe the future looks like, and what role employee engagement programs may play for corporate culture and business goals moving forward.
Erin Dieterich is the Director of NewRelic.org, the company's social responsibility function. She leads, designs, and manages programs and partnerships to support the company's social impact strategy, including community impact, nonprofit customer donations, and employee volunteerism. She also produces FutureTalks PDX, the monthly tech-talk series focused on innovation and diversity, equity, and inclusion in the technology.
As Senior Director of Social Innovation in VMware’s Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) Office, Jessamine drives social impact strategy that progresses towards the business critical outcomes of Trust, Equity & Sustainability. Forbes and JUST Capital recognized VMware as one of America’s Most JUST Companies and VMware is recognized on the 2020 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. Jessa holds an MBA from the University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business and was recognized as the Beyond Yourself Fellow. Jessa serves as Chair of the Societal and Economic Needs Working Group for the Next G Alliance and is an Aspen Institute First Mover Fellow. She was recognized by TechSoup Global in 2021 with their Inspirational Leadership Award. A Citizen Philanthropist at heart, she believes that all of our individual actions matter because social change only happens when many people act.
Amanda has a deep passion for bringing people and organizations together to drive positive change in their communities. Her career spans 15 years of cross-sector collaboration in corporate citizenship, volunteerism, philanthropy, and nonprofit management. As Head of Social Impact at Cruise, a zero emission self-driving car service, Amanda is responsible for building meaningful social impact programs that influence how emerging technologies can benefit our communities, starting in San Francisco. Previously, Amanda led programs engaging 20,000 employees across 170 cities in their communities while at Charles Schwab. Amanda’s background also includes nonprofit consulting and fundraising, as well as serving on multiple nonprofit boards. Personally, Amanda enjoys running, travel, and spending time with her family.
Brian Mattos helps manage pro bono programming at Salesforce, engaging employees in skilled volunteering opportunities with nonprofit and education customers, as well as other mission-driven organizations around the world. Inspired by service and a passion for making a difference in the community, his career has been focused on building and scaling volunteer programs rooted in technology-based capacity building and training. What started in the back office of small nonprofits, wearing more hats than he could count, Brian’s experience growing cross-sector programs and partnerships, consulting, and teaching led him to Salesforce.org in 2017. He is a Penn State University and Americorps VISTA Alum and completed an Executive Education in Social Impact Strategy at the University of Pennsylvania.
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