Ashley Rieser, CVA (she/her)

Ashley Rieser, CVA (she/her), Director of Volunteer Services and Front of House Guest Experience, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pennsylvania. Ashley Rieser has been in the volunteer administration field for over 15 years. She oversees more than 500 volunteers who assist in a variety of performing arts venues, festivals, and art galleries at The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. She is a forward-thinking leader focused on moving the profession of volunteer engagement to the next level on a local and national scale. She received her CVA in 2016. In addition to her work as the Director of Outreach for the CCVA, she is the President for her local association VASP, Volunteer Administrators of Southwestern PA and the Membership Chair for AL!VE. Ashley was the recipient of the 2017 EVIE Award for Outstanding Volunteer Administrator of the Year. She is the Chair of Tessitura’s Managing Volunteers and Interns Community of Practice. She has a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Colorado and one in Human Resources from Point Park University.