{"id":26465,"date":"2026-01-30T17:05:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=26465"},"modified":"2026-01-30T17:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:05:30","slug":"interim-co-directors-of-bvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/interim-co-directors-of-bvs\/","title":{"rendered":"Witkovsky-Eldred and Rendler begin as interim co-directors of Brethren Volunteer Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marissa Witkovsky-Eldred and Virginia Rendler have accepted the positions of interim co-directors of Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS), starting Jan. 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marissa Witkovsky-Eldred will provide leadership for the administration of BVS,<\/strong> while maintaining her current role and responsibilities as the coordinator of short-term service and FaithX for BVS. She started as interim coordinator of short-term service for BVS on Oct. 3, 2022. She will continue to work remotely from her home in Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Virginia Rendler will take leadership of development and partner relationships of BVS,<\/strong> while maintaining her current role and responsibilities as volunteer coordinator for BVS. She started as interim volunteer coordinator for BVS on July 17, 2023. 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