Hunter R. Rawlings III joins GiveGab board

ITHACA — GiveGab, the Ithaca–based social network for volunteers, has appointed Hunter R. Rawlings III to its board of directors, effective immediately. Rawlings is the president of the American Association of Universities and past president of both Cornell University and the University of Iowa.

In 1988, Rawlings was named president of the University of Iowa, a position he held until 1995. He then became the 10th president of Cornell University from 1995 until 2003, and served as interim president for one year between 2005 and 2006. Currently, he is a professor of classical history in Cornell’s Department of History and Department of Classics.

Rawlings has been president of the Association of American Universities since June 1, 2011. He has served as chair of both the Association of American Universities and the Ivy Council of Presidents.

Rawlings received his bachelor’s degree in classics from Haverford College, and his Ph.D. in classics from Princeton University. He began his career in academic administration at Colorado, serving as chairman of the classics department and later as associate vice chancellor for instruction.

“Hunter Rawlings brings a wealth of higher education, government relations, and philanthropic experience and connections to GiveGab,” Charlie Mulligan, co-founder and CEO of GiveGab, said in a news release. “He will play a key role as we carry out our mission of making more, happy volunteers across the world.”

Along with Rawlings, GiveGab’s current board of directors includes GiveGab’s two co-founders Mulligan and Aaron Godert, CTO, as well as Jennifer Tegan, partner at Cayuga Venture Fund.

GiveGab is utilized by nonprofits, schools, and businesses to measure and promote the collective impact that volunteer efforts have on their communities, according to the news release. Basic services are free and include creating a nonprofit, school, or business profile, creating a personal volunteer profile, developing and promoting volunteer events, logging hours, compiling a volunteer resume and reporting of aggregate volunteer hours, GiveGab said. Premium services for volunteer managers include enhanced reporting features, upgraded analytics, and premium-level customer service and support.