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
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 Gerry Larson Susan Lish Ki Longfellow, author; VISTA volunteer on the Blackfeet Indian reservation 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 Redlener 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 Peterson Zah