Anthony Donfor
Jonathan Gibbs
Gwen Haynes
Christopher Toppe
Katherine Watier

Anthony Donfor Director, Systems Operations 202-729-8128 Anthony Donfor is responsible for the Systems Operations group within Technology Solutions. He handles the overall enterprise operations and provides supports for Points of Light Foundation, MissionFish and 1-800-Volunteer.org environments. Before coming to the Foundation, Anthony held various positions in the Information Technology field. Most recently he was Vice President and Director of Business and Technology Services at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc. in Arlington, Va. Anthony currently resides in Silver Spring, Md. and originally hails from New Orleans, La. In his spare time, he enjoys skiing, photography, and playing golf but his passion lies in coaching and mentoring youth. Anthony's most significant professional accomplishment to date: successfully rolling out converged data/voice technologies to provide solutions for Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity and Virtual Office enable telecommuters. The technology was implemented under budget and without incident, and broadened the environment's accessible and capabilities. Taking advantage of this infrastructure, Video Teleconferencing to the desktop was rolled out shortly after. All of these were implemented under budget.

Jonathan Gibbs Product Manager 202-729-8036 A native of Washington, D.C. and northern Va., Jonathan Gibbs joined the Points of Light Foundation team as Product Manager on the 1-800-Volunteer.org team. Currently a resident of Fairfax, Va., Jonathan is responsible for overall strategy, budget, and operations for 1-800-Volunteer.org and he also serves as the liaison to the executive management team. Since earning a B.S. degree in public relations and marketing, Jonathan has worked as a consultant and senior consultant with American Management Systems, designing and implementing technology solutions for the financial services sector. He also assisted in starting eContributor.com, an online fundraising company for political and nonprofit organizations and started Network for Good, originally a collaboration between Cisco Systems, AOL Time Warner, and Yahoo!. Prior to coming on board with the Points of Light Foundation, Jonathan was responsible for all products and services at Network for Good. Jonathan cites his role in the development and launch of the USA Freedom Corps Volunteer Network, a collaboration of 13 organizations including nonprofits, government agencies, and private companies, as his most significant professional achievement to date. Outside of his work at the Points of Light Foundation, Jonathan enjoys playing the guitar, studying Spanish, travel, and soccer. One interesting fact about Jonathan: he has been a loyal Red Sox fan since birth and he takes at least one pilgrimage a year to Fenway Park.

Gwen Haynes VISTA, Interfaith Initiatives 202-729-8261 For the next year, Gwen Haynes will be working with the Faith team to tap into the large pool of volunteers within faith communities and promote and build faith and community partners for various Seasons of Service Days. An AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) member, Gwen will take a lead role in Faith Institute Day at this year's National Conference in Washington, D.C. Prior to the start of her AmeriCorps*VISTA service, Gwen spent nine years working in the public relations field for organizations such as Fleishmann-Hillard, and also a children's association. Though the former PR professional describes herself as "painfully shy," her outgoing, bubbly personality has already become her trademark during her short tenure with the Points of Light Foundation. Born and raised in Portsmouth, Va., Gwen currently lives in Bowie, Md. with her husband John Haynes III (Trey). The happy couple has been married for four years. In her spare time, Gwen enjoys reading. Her favorite book is Cane River by Lalita Tademy. She says, "If you want to stay a part of my life forever, buy me a book." Gwen serves on the board of Washington Women in PR and is an active volunteer with organizations such as the Workforce Organization for Regional Collaboration and the American Heart Association. Her greatest professional accomplishment to date is becoming a VISTA and working with Interfaith Initiatives at the Foundation because, she says, "the position allows me to do what I want to do."

Christopher Toppe, Ph.D. Senior Social Scientist 202-729-8123 Chris Toppe is a Senior Social Scientist in the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation at the Points of Light Foundation. For the Foundation, he prepares analysis plans and writes detailed specifications for analysis files, consistency checks, tables, and figures, and communicates with internal and external clients regarding statistical analysis issues. Chris has extensive experience in researching issues of concern to the nonprofit sector. He came to Points of Light Foundation from Independent Sector, where he managed their studies on giving and volunteering, and he teaches in the graduate school of Georgetown University. He also has worked in the for-profit sector, conducting training in statistics and statistical software and managing strategic alliances. Away from the office, Chris enjoys playing pool. A resident of Olney, MD, Chris's hometown is the ultimate spring break destination, Daytona Beach, Fla. One interesting fact that he'd like people to know is that he enjoys public speaking, especially at conferences.

Katherine Watier Director of Marketing and Sales 202-729-3231 The 1-800-Volunteer.org team recently welcomed Katherine Watier as Director of Marketing and Sales. She manages marketing and public relations for the 1-800-Volunteer.org program and works to generate new sales and customers for the system. Prior to coming to the Points of Light Foundation, Katherine worked as the Marketing Communications Manager for United Telecom Council (UTC), a trade association for the IT and telecom employees at utilities. Prior to UTC, she worked at Youth Service America as the Field Manager for National Youth Service Day. Her greatest professional accomplishment is creating and expanding Youth Service America's Lead Agency program for National Youth Service Day (NYSD). She recruited and managed 50 Lead Agencies from across the country that planned large (up to 75,000 volunteers at 10-70 sites per agency) events for NYSD. In 2003, her work with the Lead Agencies doubled the number of volunteers engaged and the number of media impressions and coverage for NYSD. Katherine has a masters degree in Technology Marketing and Business from Georgetown University and her graduate thesis focused on consumers' interest and potential adoption of wearable computers. She received her B.A. from Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. in Social Psychology. She is originally from Union, Maine, and lives in Chevy Chase, Md. Katherine became involved in volunteering at the age of seven when she joined 4-H, started running volunteer programs and managing conferences at age 13, and founded a rainforest preservation program at age 16. She is a die-hard dancer of 24 years, and sings with the Washington Women's Chorus.