Careers in Nonprofit: Explore, Learn, and Make an Impact!

Have you ever thought about working in the nonprofit world? Curious about what it’s really like to build a career that’s all about creating change and making a difference? This is your chance to find out!

To register, go to: Careers in Nonprofit

Meet our panelists:

Humzah Farrukh

Humzah Farrukh is a Pakistani-American author, social impact founder, and UCLA graduate. His debut poetry collection explores migration, family rupture, and inherited silence. His writing has been published in Sonder Literary, Santa Barbara Literary Journal and others. He is the CEO and co-founder of Farrukh Foundation, a non-profit building schools in Pakistan, supporting boarding houses for girls in Morocco, and building libraries and literacy programs in Colombia and West Africa. Humzah leads lifecycle marketing efforts at Candidly, a financial wellness startup geared towards providing student debt solutions as a benefit to employees. He is also a 2025 UCLA Anderson Riordan MBA Fellow, 2024 Yale Writing Fellow, and 2024 Western Union Global Fellow.

Chanell Gore 

Chanell Gore is the Scholarship and Foundation Programming Manager at Clark College Foundation (Vancouver, WA), where she oversees initiatives that award over $2 million in scholarship funding annually to Clark College students. With a career rooted in access, equity, and public service, Chanell’s work has centered on nonprofit operations management, strategic program design, and business administration. A proud double Bruin, Chanell earned her BA in Psychology with a minor in Public Affairs in 2006 and returned to UCLA to complete her Master of Public Policy in 2011. She is passionate about expanding educational opportunities, especially for historically underserved students, and building pathways that enable people to thrive through higher education.

Jeff King

Jeffrey King is a vice president with Netzel Grigsby Associates who specializes in helping nonprofits achieve ambitious visions through integration of fundraising into their strategic goals. He has developed and executed strategic plans for nonprofit management; capital and annual fund campaigns; and executive leadership transitions for universities, liberal arts institutions, independent schools, social services nonprofits, and arts and culture organizations. Jeffrey received his Bachelor of Arts in English and Education from Vassar College and his Master of Education in Higher Education Administration with a specialization in External Relations from Vanderbilt University. He also received a Secondary Education English Teaching License from the State of New York.