Andy Fryar

Andy Fryar is the founder and director of OzVPM (Australasian Volunteer Program Management) - a consultancy, training and resource company specializing in volunteerism (www.ozvpm.com).

Andy has contributed significantly to the Australian volunteerism community and his achievements include serving as president of both Volunteering Australia and Volunteering South Australia. In 1998, he convened a working party that later evolved into AAVA, the Australasian Association for Volunteer Administrators. He is a co-author of Volunteer Management: An Essential Guide - 3rd edition (2010), Australia’s premier guidebook to volunteering, and co-editor of Turn Your Organization into a Volunteer Magnet, 2nd Edition (2007). Andy is also a member of the editorial team for e-Volunteerism: The Electronic Journal of the Volunteer Community.

Andy has traveled extensively, conducting volunteer management training right around Australia, as well as in Canada, India, Singapore, Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand, England and the USA. He is a faculty member with both the London-based Institute of Advanced Volunteer Management and the Australasian Retreat for Advanced Volunteer Management. In 2003, Andy was awarded a Centenary Medal by the Australian government in recognition of his services to the volunteering movement in Australia.