Meet The RSVP-Northern Virginia Team
Volunteers 55+ Impacting Their Communities
RSVP (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program) is part of AmeriCorps Seniors, which focuses on making public service a central part of the American experience.
Here at RSVP, we connect volunteers age 55 and over to non-profits across the community. RSVP serves as a gathering place for older adults to socialize, participate in group service projects, and work toward the common goal of making Northern Virginia stronger, more resilient, and empowered.
Lesley Lawrence serves as the Program Manager for RSVP – Northern Virginia.
Lesley has managed her own small woman-owned business since 2016. She has also worked in various IT Program Management, Operations and Finance roles, focusing on Federal Government, for such companies as Microsoft, Adobe, NetApp and more. Lesley is a lifelong Northern Virginia native, with the exception of years serving our Government overseas. Prior to becoming the RSVP Program Manager, Lesley was an AmeriCorps Seniors volunteer serving with RSVP-Northern Virginia. She can be reached at llawrence@volunteerfairfax.org.
Shannon White is the RSVP-Northern Virginia Volunteer Specialist.
Shannon has a strong nonprofit background and holds a degree in Sociology from Longwood University. She has worked for three years in Volunteer Management, and now holds a position on the NVAVA Board as the Events Chair. This Fairfax County native is a proud mom to an active little boy and enjoys spending quality time with her family and friends, watching Law & Order SVU marathons, drinking lots of coffee, and going to T-Ball games on Sundays. Shannon can be contacted at swhite@volunteerfairfax.org.
Vida Mikalcius is RSVP-Northern Virginia’s Marketing and Outreach Specialist.
For more than seven years, she has created content for various organizations, as well as helped international non-profits in Nepal, Thailand, Ecuador, and Costa Rica with program development and volunteer recruitment. Vida holds a Master’s in Creative Writing from the University of London, Birkbeck. In her free time, she enjoys exploring the Northern Virginia and the DC region’s museums and art scene, as well as hiking trails with her oversized mutt, Sancho Panza. To reach her, please contact vmikalcius@volunteerfairfax.org.
Tina Luebke is RSVP-Northern Virginia’s Grants Coordinator.
She started at Volunteer Fairfax in the fall of 2018 after many years in the non-profit arena. For nearly 20 years she managed the nation’s largest college scholarship program for foster youth; prior to that she worked for environmental, public health, and educational non-profits. She is the mother of three grown children, a grandmother to a grandson, and a guardian to a multi-species family of cats, dogs and whatever else walks, hops, swims or flies into her home. Tina can be contacted at tluebke@volunteerfairfax.org.