At a spring 2016 NAPA Governing Council meeting, discussion was finalized on creating a new NAPA Volunteer of the Year award. Nominees are put forward and voted on by committee chairs and elected officials (Governing Council members are not eligible for nomination), based on the volunteer’s length, depth, and quality of service. Volunteers typically serve on one of NAPA’s many committees; their unheralded efforts often go unseen by the membership as a whole.
NAPA is wholly reliant on volunteer efforts to run the organization (with some AAA support). The Volunteer of the Year award is presented as part of the AAA annual meetings, during the NAPA Business Meeting, typically held on a Friday evening.
Volunteer Of The Year AwardEEs
Interviews of award recipients are listed below, with the most recent year first

MEET NAPA’s 2021 VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: Amanda Woomer
NAPA conducted an online interview with Amanda Woomer, NAPA’s 2021 Volunteer of the Year Awardee for the November 2021 issue of NAPA Notes: How did you get your start in

MEET NAPA’s 2020 VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: Vanessa Terry
NAPA recently conducted an online interview with Vanessa Terry, NAPA’s 2020 Volunteer of the Year Awardee for the September 2020 issue of NAPA Notes: How did you get your start in

MEET NAPA’s 2019 VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: Brandon Meyer
NAPA recently conducted an online interview with Brandon Meyer, the designer of the new NAPA website, and NAPA’s 2019 Volunteer of the Year Awardee for the November 2019 issue of

MEET NAPA’s 2018 VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: Joshua Liggett
Congratulations are in order for NAPA’s Organizational Relations (OR) Committee Member, Joshua Liggett, for his recognition as this year’s Volunteer of the Year. We asked Joshua a few questions for

2017: Zelda Harrison and Sophie Goodman
NAPA is happy to announce that Zelda Harrison has been named NAPA’s Volunteer of the Year! Zelda launched and has been instrumental in developing NAPA’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/NAPA.Anthro), which is

2016: Tom Greaves
NAPA’s first Volunteer of the Year awardee is Tom Greaves, who has served as the coordinator for the NAPA Mentor Match program for several years. If you are planning to
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