Notable people who served as members with the Volunteers in Service to America program include the following:

Alurista, poet and activist Paul H. Anderson, Minnesota Supreme Court justice; attorney for VISTA James R. Benn Howard Berman Rhonda Berry David Blankenhorn Peter C. Brinckerhoff Beano Cook, Sportscaster Carl Gershman (1965–1967; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), President of the National Endowment for Democracy since 1984 Larry Gossett Eula Hall Richard P. (Dick) Haugland Michael Hennessy, San Francisco sheriff Charniele Herring, member of the Virginia House of Delegates Patricia D. Jehlen, Massachusetts state senator Margo Jennings, running coach Colbert I. King Douglas Kirby Tom Kolwiecki, fictional character in Denise Giardina's novel The Unquiet Earth Thomas A Kramer (Kansas City, Kansas ) 1970-1972 Vista Leader 1972 founder of Kramer Video Inc, Seattle, WA Gerry Larson Susan Lish Ki Longfellow, author; VISTA volunteer on the Blackfeet Indian reservation William Luvaas Ray Magliozzi, former host of Car Talk James H. Maloney George R. R. Martin John Medinger, Wisconsin State Assembly and Mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin Alan Meisner Charles E. F. Millard Gwen Moore Mary Murphy Hill Pickus James H. Rathlesberger Irwin RedlenerPart of the Solution , Hofstra Magazine, Winter 2009 Emilie Richards Eugene Richards Jay Rockefeller, U.S. Senator Tweed Roosevelt John Singer (Faygele Ben-Miriam) (mid 1960s, St. Louis), U.S. LGBT rights activist Ted Smith James Sokolove John Thorn (served 1966-1967 on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana) Peterson Zah

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