Lovell Lemons currently serves as Director of the Office of Civic Engagement at Georgia State University. In this position, he leads the office in engaging students in service to the greater Atlanta community. Prior to assuming the duties of director, Lovell was the assistant director of Cooperative Education and an employment counselor in Career Services at the University.

Lovell received both his B.S. in Education and his Masters of Education in Guidance and Counseling from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. He currently serves on The Wesley Foundation board.  He also serves on the Advisory Board of Project Healthy Grandparents.

Lovell is Past-President of the Council of Volunteer Administrators of Metro Atlanta. In 2002, he was appointed to the Georgia Commission on Service and Volunteerism as a Commissioner by then-Governor Roy Barnes. He serves as advisor to student service organizations: Circle K International, Colleges Against Cancer and Economic Empowerment Initiative.

Lovell believes in practicing what he preaches, so he invites you to join him and other Georgia State students as they reach out to the greater Atlanta community.

Jennifer Bodnar serves as the Student Affairs Advisor for the Office of Civic Engagement where she plans campus wide community service events, alternative break trips and serves as an advisor for service oriented student organizations.  Prior to coming to Georgia State University, she served as the Coordinator of Sexual Violence Prevention Education at The University of Dayton and worked in non-profit doing crisis intervention with victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking, as well as the homeless population. Ms. Bodnar attended The University of Tennessee for her Bachelor’s and Master’s, where she graduated valedictorian.  In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, trying new things and working out.

Shari Baskin

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Shari Baskin serves as the Administrative Coordinator for the Office of Civic Engagement where she manages students in the Federal Work Study program, plans on-campus service events such as volunteer fairs and blood drives, and runs office operations. Prior to coming to Georgia State University, Shari was a freelance events and program coordinator and worked with non-profits using performance and creative arts to educate and engage at-risk youth and women in preventative health practices.

Shari received her B.A. in International Affairs while majoring in Cultural Anthropology from The University of Georgia. She enjoys collaborating with students to create fun, solutions-based events for organizations working to serve a greater purpose. Raised by a civil rights activist, she has long been an advocate of social justice issues. Shari’s attitude towards active citizenship can be summed up by the phrase, “Be about it, then we can talk about it”.

In her spare time, Shari instructs and performs dance, writes advocacy papers, short stories, and poetry, and enjoys multicultural experiences.

If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.

~ Aboriginal activists group, Queensland, Australia