Board of Directors

Vicki Clark, Secretary
Memphis, Tennessee

Vicki Clark is a consultant and trainer from Memphis, Tennessee. In her practice, Building the Capacity of Organizations, she works in the business, nonprofit, and public sectors. Her experience includes 12 years at the Points of Light Foundation in Washington, D.C., and serving as an AmeriCorps/VISTA trainer. Vicki also developed two youth volunteer programs for the Volunteer Center in Houston, Texas.

Tristen Caudle, Treasurer
Westwood, Kansas

Tristen Caudle is an economist and business intelligence professional working with individuals and organizations to generate insights and automated data analytics from their data. Tristen currently works at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, using analytics to improve the affordability of healthcare in Kansas City. A Kansas City, MO resident, Tristen graduated from the University of Missouri – Kansas City with a Master’s in Economics. He started with YVC as a Bank of America Student Leader at the YVC of Kansas City and, as a longtime volunteer with local and national nonprofit organizations, believes strongly in volunteerism’s power to positively impact the volunteer and their community.

David Battey, Founder
Kansas City, Missouri

As a political economy major at Williams College, David Battey developed “An Analysis of National Youth Service” thesis. This group project uncovered the need for service opportunities for high school students. David’s passion was ignited. He developed a plan, garnered support, planned service projects, and recruited youth. And YVC was born. David founded Youth Volunteer Corps in Kansas City in 1987, and it has since expanded across the United States and into Canada, becoming a national service movement.

Todrick Capleton,
Hampton Roads, VA

Todrick Capleton’s interests include the arts (painting, drawing, sculptures, fashion, music, film, etc.), history, literature, and social science. He volunteers to help the community, make connections (friendly and professional), and sharpen his skills. His favorite volunteering experience is any time he interacts with the people he is serving or at large fundraisers. Within volunteering with YVC, he has served on the local Youth Advisory Board and the International Youth Advisory Board, which has improved his leadership, accountability, ability to find/create solutions beneficial to everyone, and his feeling of connection to my community.

Jim Hise
Mission Hills, Kansas

Co-Founder of the All In for a Cure Charity and former Director of Corporate Fundraising for the March of Dimes Kansas City Chapter, Jim Hise, has a wealth of experience serving others. Jim has served as a Private Wealth Advisor for Merrill Lynch since 1994. He is actively involved with his church, including volunteering as a Sunday School teacher,r and his hobbies include jogging, reading, and activities with his kids. Jim and his wife, Megan Kennedy Hise, have four children.

Holly Kulka
New York, New York

Holly Kulka is Global Chief Risk and Compliance Officer for S&P Global Ratings. She is also Chairman of the Board of CRISIL Ratings.

Previously, Holly served as Deputy General Counsel at NYSE Euronext; she was a federal prosecutor earlier in her career.

Holly is one of the four Williams College seniors, along with YVC Founder David Battey, who presented a thesis on national service. That thesis is what later became the beginning of Youth Volunteer Corps.

Greg Lynch
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Greg is the Founder and Executive Director of YVC of Greater Philadelphia, which has operated since 2015. In collaboration with Philadelphia Youth, they have reached over 1000 youth volunteers and contributed more than 23,000 hours of service during their eight years of service. Greg first discovered a love for volunteering with his father as a Salvation Army Bellringer. He served for a year as an AmeriCorps member and earned a graduate certificate in Nonprofit Management before embarking on his nonprofit career. He is exceptionally proud of both his YVC “kids” and his kids, Benjamin (8) and Maren (3), and has always been proud to be affiliated with YVC and the network of community leaders doing fantastic work.

Christi Terefenko
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania

Christi Sychterz Terefenko, former biomedical engineer and orthopedic research consultant for over 20 years, co-founded the nonprofit VOiCEup Berks, which has hosted Youth Volunteer Corps of Reading since 2016. Over the last decade, Christi has become increasingly involved in nonprofit work, volunteering and serving on boards for many organizations, using her experience in medical research, technical/proposal writing, and organizational leadership to assist nonprofits in creating positive change in the community. She currently serves as the executive director for VOiCEup Berks.