Staff
Zach Maurin – Co-Founder & Executive Director
Zach’s deep commitment to expanding national service began during his full-time year of service with City Year (‘02-‘03), a leading AmeriCorps program. As an AmeriCorps alumnus, he has been an advocate for expansion by meeting with congressional offices and speaking at events organized by Voices for National Service. Zach has worked as a part-time Program Assistant for New Leaders for New Schools, a nationally renowned organization that prepares outstanding urban school principals. At George Washington University, he served as a founding member on Service-Learning Advisory Board to create a university Service-Learning department. He graduated from GWU with a bachelor’s degree in English, dually focusing on literature and writing. He can be reached at zach [at] servenext.org.
Jerry D. Saavedra - Field Director
Jerry is the Field Director for ServeNext's Field Program, which includes managing ten ServeNext Organizers located across the country. Prior to this role, he served as a Special Assistant in the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and was a member of the DOE Agency Review Team during the transition. For the 2008 Presidential Election, Jerry worked on the Obama for America campaign in five primary states (Iowa, Nevada, Minnesota, Texas, and Indiana) and finally in Hamilton & Hancock County, Indiana during the General Election. In 2005, Jerry served as eCampaign Coordinator for the successful Phil Hardberger for Mayor of San Antonio Campaign, and in 2004 as Canvass Director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in Congressman Chet Edwards’s successful re-election bid.
Jerry has his Masters in Public Administration from American University in Washington, D.C. and his B.A. from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. He can be reached at jsaavedra [at] servenext.org.