Former Atlantic Official to Lead Membership Group for Young Philanthropy Workers

New Job: In September, Rahsaan Harris, 38, will join Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy as its executive director. He succeeds Rusty Stahl, who started the group a decade ago to serve younger people in a profession dominated by older employees.

Experience: Mr. Harris spent seven years as a fellow and program executive at Atlantic Philanthropies. Before that, he was executive director of Playing2Win, a Harlem community center where youths can learn about technology.

Education: He holds a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and master’s degrees in management and education from New York and Columbia universities, respectively. Currently a doctoral candidate at New School University, he is writing his dissertation on the philanthropic interests of black Americans.

Agenda: Increasing the group’s membership, currently 600, and introducing chapters in new regions such as the Southeast. He also wants to find new ways beyond the organization’s annual conference to help the group’s members engage with older leaders.

How he wants to aid young grant makers: He’s passionate about helping people find ways to gain leadership experience outside of their day jobs. Mr. Harris cites his decision a decade ago to serve as board chair of F.C. Harlem, a nonprofit youth soccer club. He says: “It taught me a lot about running an organization.”

Salary: He declined to disclose it.

What he’s reading: Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril Among the Black Middle Class, by Mary Pattillo-McCoy