FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jul 24, 2009

From the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service, this forum presented innovative strategies that solved public problems and considered how citizens can be engaged as partners with government. Building on this presentation, government officials and social innovators explored models of social innovation that have changed lives and the conditions that support social innovations.

Speakers included: Michele Jolin, Senior Advisor for Social Innovation, Domestic Policy Council, The White House; Steve Goldsmith, Acting Chair, Corporation for National and Community Service; Shannon Schuyler, US Managing Director of Corporate Responsibility, Price Waterhouse Coopers; Cheryl Dorsey, President, Echoing Green; Sarah Di Troia, Partner, New Profit Inc.; Ian Hardman, President, Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT).

AmeriCorps, a federal agency, brings people together to tackle the country's most pressing challenges through national service and volunteering. AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve with organizations dedicated to the improvement of communities. AmeriCorps helps make service to others a cornerstone of our national culture. Learn more at AmeriCorps.gov.