Job Forum Volunteer Management

Janet Beach, Chairman

Janet serves the Job Forum in the role of our non-profit Executive Director. She is the volunteer who provides the strategic management, policy decision-making, annual and long-term planning, financial and operational oversight of the Job Forum. She also handles the approximately 50 Job Forum events for weekly Wed. Job Forum plus other panelist volunteer–focused events, supervises the weekly sign up schedule and keeps up connections with our volunteers, develops and hosts the annual meeting, manages the marketing, the web presence and outreach, and manages recruitment of new volunteer panelists. She also manages relations and interface with our sponsor, the SF Chamber of Commerce.

Bill Pollak, Director of Special Events

Bill spearheads special events to build awareness such as “University Nights at the Job Forum” where we work with university alumni or career groups to offer a job search event. The Job Forum and an organization co-host an event, providing an exciting evening of networking, career advice. We provide turn-key career events to organizations, associations, businesses who partner with us to offer a special Job Forum branded for their group. (Please fill out volunteer form below if you are interested in co-hosting an event with the Job Forum) Non-profits or industry associations are welcome to sponsor a career event along with the Job Forum.

Christina Sahagun and Anurag Jain, Co-Directors of Panelist Recruitment and Onboarding

Christina and Anu help to interview, vet, train and welcome new panelist volunteers. (Please fill out the Job Forum Volunteer Form if you are interested in volunteering with the Job Forum) They are assisted by other Job Forum volunteers, who help us to identify great additional talent from SF Bay Area businesses and non profits who may want to join us as members of the Job Forum panel.

Penni Hudis, Job Forum Director of Fundraising

Penni helps to attract the financial and sponsorship support necessary for our Job Forum community service efforts to continue. She is providing the necessary vision, leadership, and fundraising skills that will enable the organization to achieve its fundraising targets and embark on more regular advertising and a needed organizational development program.

Nancy Longo, Communications and Job Forum Video Producer

Nancy plans, shoots, develops, and keeps current the video marketing for the Job Forum and assists with marketing and social media ideas.

Roger Brooks, Laura Haggerty, Arthur Young, and Bill Pollak, members of the Job Forum Marketing Committee

The group works to identify marketing outreach programs to build awareness that the Job Forum offers job search coaching at Wed evening meetings. The marketing committee meets during the year to provide input and ideas, working with Janet Beach and Farryn Lewis.

Farryn Lewis, Job Forum Marketing Assistant

Farryn supports and assists Janet Beach, the Chairman in organizing the approximately 50 Job Forum events per year and works to increase awareness of the Job Forum and communicate to job seekers about the free Wednesday evening Job Forum meetings. She keeps the Job Forum volunteer directory up to date and handles the regular listing of the Job Forum in various online community listings, Eventbrite, meet ups, SF Business Times, yelp, Craigslist, and so on.