About Us

Outdoor resources contribute greatly to our health, happiness, and economy, but they also face ongoing stresses and require care and stewardship to ensure long-term sustainability. Leveraging our experience in outdoor stewardship volunteerism, the team below is helping other outdoor stewardship organizations, community nonprofits, and land management agencies develop effective volunteer programs to meet growing stewardship needs.

Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado’s mission is to motivate and enable people to become active stewards of Colorado’s natural resources. Learn more about our work at www.voc.org.

Team

Chris Nesset Chief Executive Officer Meet Chris
Anna Zawisza Development and Outreach Officer Meet Anna
Kelly Clouse Director of Programs Meet Kelly
Matt Anderson Director of Finance and Operations Meet Matt
Aimee Stitt Resource Development Manager Meet Aimee
Benjamin Kromash Leadership and Training Manager Meet Benjamin
Elise Martinez Programs Manager Meet Elise
Abby Hanson Engagement Coordinator Meet Abby
Vanessa Casas Field Programs Manager Meet Vanessa
Katie Goodleaf Weld County and San Luis Valley Partnerships Manager Meet Katie
Kimberly Gagnon Marketing and Communications Manager Meet Kimberly
Ellen Bergly Weld County Volunteer and Partnership Coordinator Meet Ellen
Mac Utter Seasonal Field Projects Manager Meet Mac

Success Stories

COSC

Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC) was instrumental to the development and management of the Colorado Outdoor Stewardship Coalition (COSC), a group of nearly 30 nonprofits and land management agencies dedicated to promoting stewardship of Colorado’s outdoors. The group, which started in 2010, has conducted numerous studies on the impact of volunteerism and launched the Statewide Stewardship Initiative (SSI) in 2017, which aims to build the infrastructure needed to sustain long-term stewardship through establishing best practices and common metrics, as well as launching an online database of outdoor stewardship organizations to better connect nonprofits, volunteers, and land managers in Colorado. Learn more about the COSC »

COSC

Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC) was instrumental to the development and management of the Colorado Outdoor Stewardship Coalition (COSC), a group of nearly 30 nonprofits and land management agencies dedicated to promoting stewardship of Colorado’s outdoors. The group, which started in 2010, has conducted numerous studies on the impact of volunteerism and launched the Statewide Stewardship Initiative (SSI) in 2017, which aims to build the infrastructure needed to sustain long-term stewardship through establishing best practices and common metrics, as well as launching an online database of outdoor stewardship organizations to better connect nonprofits, volunteers, and land managers in Colorado. Learn more about the COSC »

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