Training experts Monica Orazco and Radia Carr and patent attorney Dr. Rena Patel have joined the VolunteerConnect Board of Trustees.
VolunteerConnect is committed to supporting the work of other charitable organizations by training effective board members and facilitating the ongoing education of nonprofit staff and boards. The new appointees began their board service with the Princeton-based capacity-building nonprofit this month.
“We are very happy that Monica, Radia and Rena have agreed to share their expertise and insights as board members with us,” VolunteerConnect’s Executive Director Allison Howe said in a prepared statement. “We continue to focus on training our nonprofit community and are expanding our offering of programs. These new board members bring the leadership and experience to make this happen.”
Orazco is a learning consultant at Momentum Consulting and Coaching, LLC specializing in the facilitation of leadership development programs. She has international experience in providing training to clients from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck Inc. to Gap Inc. and American Express. She has volunteered for more than 20 years at Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) and Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen, and more recently at Princeton Hospice, according to the statement.
Carr is vice president of client engagement and a corporate trainer at Dale Carnegie in Hamilton. She has provided training and sales expertise to leaders in research and development, pharmaceutical, financial services, and food and grocery industries. She has served as a board member of the Rotary Club of New Brunswick and has raised funds for many years on behalf of the MS Society.
Patel is an intellectual property (IP) attorney with global experience in innovation and IP protection and management. Through her international work, she served on the Board of Trustees of the American School of Bombay for many years. More recently, she made contributions to the greater Princeton community through her leadership of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Education Foundation, including as president of the board.
VolunteerConnect is headquartered in Princeton but its work supports nonprofits in the greater Central New Jersey area.