Join YNPN Southern Nevada on Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 5:30pm, as we continue our Access to Experts series. This year, being 2022, one of our themes is "Dynamic Duos". As we all know, we can't do everything alone, and most of us have a peer that we depend on heavily. Whether for projects or just moral support, we work as a team to achieve our goals.

Come hear from a panel of seasoned nonprofit leaders as they discuss their experiences, learn from their achievements and apply their best practices in your current role.

Angela VanBrackle - Executive Director, American Cancer Society, Las Vegas

Dawn Malone - Board Co-Chair, American Cancer Society, Las Vegas

Athar Haseebullah, Esq. - Executive Director, ACLU NV

Wes Juhl - Director of Communications and Outreach, ACLU NV

We highly encourage you to come as your own Dynamic Duo. Bring a friend, a colleague, a family member or loved one, whomever that peer is that helps shoulder some of life's responsibilities with you. After all, going to these networking events is always better with a buddy!

Ask Your Questions

There will be a networking session prior to the discussion, an audience Q&A, and a networking opportunity following the discussion. We welcome you to ask questions during the open Q&A. Please feel free to submit your questions in advance using this form.

Access to Experts (A2E) is a program created by YNPN Southern Nevada as a Q&A style meet and greet for our members to interact with seasoned nonprofit professionals, as they share their stories, achievements, and failures, with a goal of providing professional development and advice to the future generation of leaders.

MEET THE PANEL

Angela VanBrackle

Angela VanBrackle is the Executive Director for the Nevada market with the American Cancer Society. Angela received her masters of science in health education from Virginia Tech and has been in the non-profit realm her entire career, working to strengthen her community and provide resources and information needed. With her work at the American Cancer Society, she works to raise funds to support research and programs to help those living with cancer and their loved ones through the journey.

Dawn Malone

Dawn, a senior IT Manager, Hotel Products at Caesars Entertainment, where she has worked for twenty years, has also dedicated her free time volunteering with the American Cancer Society. Dawn began volunteering with the American Cancer Society, and supporting the Relay for Life event in 2012, joined the leadership board in 2019, and became the leadership board co-chair in 2022. Dawn works diligently to help the ACS Nevada team meet the needs of the community and support those fighting cancer.

Athar Haseebullah, Esq. (he/him/his)

Local attorney and community organizer Athar Haseebullah, Esq., is the first person of color to lead the ACLUNV since its founding in 1966. He most recently served as general counsel and director of strategic initiatives for Opportunity 180, a Nevada non-profit focused on improving education quality in Nevada. Prior to his tenure with Opportunity 180, Haseebullah served as the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada’s senior government affairs and legal administrator. Haseebullah also spent several years as a litigator for both Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada and the City of New York.

Haseebullah is a graduate of Howard University and Howard University School of Law. His organizational affiliations include his service as secretary for the Urban Chamber of Commerce, president of the local alumni chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., a member of the board of directors for the Interfaith Council of Southern Nevada, chairperson for the Masjid Ibrahim, and service with various other organizations. Haseebullah is a practicing Muslim whose parents immigrated to the United States from Pakistan.

Wes Juhl (they/them)

Wes Juhl joined the ACLU of Nevada as communications manager in August 2017. They earned their undergraduate degree at UNLV, where they studied journalism and creative writing. They covered crime, police and public safety at the Las Vegas Review-Journal for years and has earned three Nevada Press Association awards for their work there. They were born in Las Vegas, and they enjoy comic books, poetry and spending time with family and friends.