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Responsible for: European placements.

BVS Unit # and volunteer placement(s):
Unit #246 in 2001

• Ballysally Youth & Community Center, Coleraine, N. Ireland (2001-2002)
• Peace & Reconciliation Group, Derry, N. Ireland (2002-2003)

On BVS staff since: January 2020.

Contact Sara Cook

Responsible for: Directing Brethren Volunteer Service and FaithX

BVS Unit # and volunteer placement(s):
Unit #291 in 2010

• Peace Retreat Coordinator, On Earth Peace, Portland, Oregon
• Assistant Orientation Coordinator, Brethren Volunteer Service, Elgin, IL

On BVS staff since: October 2022

Contact Chelsea Skillen

BVS Unit # and volunteer placement(s):
Unit #331. She served as a Horizons Programme Volunteer at Corrymeela Community in Ballycastle, Northern Ireland.

On BVS staff since: July 2023.

Contact Virginia Rendler

Responsible for: Coordination of the FaithX Short Term Service Program for middle school through adult ages and recruitment of BVS Volunteers.

BVS Unit # and volunteer placement(s):
Unit #321 in 2018

• Assistant FaithX Coordinator, Church of the Brethren Offices in Elgin, Illinois

On BVS staff since: October 2022.

Contact Marissa Witkovsky-Eldred