Joe Volk is an FCNL Executive Secretary Emeritus, having served in that role from 1990 to 2011. Currently, he serves on the General Committee of FCNL, the Corporation Committee of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the Corporation Committee of Haverford College, and is a trustee of the board of Wilmington College (OH).
Prior to joining FCNL in 1990, Joe worked 18 years for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and served as its National Secretary for Peace Education from 1982 to 1990.
He began a career in the peace movement when in 1967 he refused a deferment from the military draft and went into the Army to try to organize troops to refuse deployment to Vietnam. In 1968, he refused to go with his unit to Vietnam. Although convicted in a court martial on AWOL charges, he received an honorable discharge after doing a short time in an Army stockade.
In 2011, Wilmington College honored him with an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. He also serves on the board of the Kendal Corporation, a federation of non-profit, Quaker continuing care retirement communities.
Joe is a member of Ann Arbor Friends Meeting (MI).