Jaclyn Kolar serves as Vice President of Service & Volunteerism overseeing OneStar’s AmeriCorps Texas grant portfolio and the OneStar VISTA Intermediary Project as well as statewide volunteerism initiatives. Jaclyn started at OneStar in 2015 as a Program Officer, and then the Manager of AmeriCorps Texas before moving into the Director of National Service role. In her current role she is focused on providing strategic direction for national service resources throughout the state. Prior to joining OneStar, Jaclyn spent nearly five years working at Travis County 4-H CAPITAL AmeriCorps Project, a OneStar AmeriCorps grantee. Jaclyn is a two-time AmeriCorps alum, serving first as an AmeriCorps VISTA in Burlington, Vermont, and then as a VISTA Leader in Austin, Texas. Jaclyn received her Master of Business Administration in Sustainable Systems from Pinchot University, and her Bachelor or Arts in History with a minor in Russian Studies from the University of Michigan. She currently lives in Austin with her husband, and two children, Miklas and Olina.
