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Charis Loh

Direct Service (as of May 2019)

Former Position at CEP
Research Manager

Length of tenure at CEP
4 years

What are you up to these days?
I’m taking a break from research work to be at home with my son. I also volunteer at church and occasionally take staff photos for CEP!

How did your time at CEP prepare you for what you are doing now? 
My time at CEP gave me confidence to “learn on the job” when approaching new situations and showed me how important it is to surround myself with people I can learn from and genuinely enjoy. Both continue to be important as a new parent.

What do you miss most about working at CEP?
I miss the serious and not-so-serious conversations I could have with colleagues. The people are the best part of CEP.

What advice would you give someone about working at CEP?
Try to provide more help to your colleagues than what’s expected. Also, eat in the lunch room as much as possible!

Describe your perfect Sunday.
It would definitely include sleeping in past 7am and breakfast at a diner. I might also go on a short hike with friends before eating more delicious food to round out the day.

Recent Blogs

A ‘Perfect Storm’: One Nonprofit Leader on Fear, Funding, and Finding a Way ThroughCaroline Gasparini Coordinator, Research, CEPElizabeth Lindsey Executive Director, Genesys Works National Capital Region
A ‘Perfect Storm’: One Nonprofit Leader on Fear, Funding, and Finding a Way Through

“We have had to be agile, flexible, and optimistic in ways that I haven't experienced before.” Elizabeth Lindsey, who leads the Washington, DC area location of the youth-empowerment nonprofit Genesys Works, has spent most of her career in the...

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An Urgent ‘Passing Gear’ Call to Action: Leveraging Foundation Grantmaking in a Landscape of Retrenchment

In CEP’s latest research report, “The State of Nonprofits 2026,” one of its three major findings is that “despite ongoing financial challenges, many nonprofits are making strategic adaptations to their work in order to survive.” That is absolutely right — but is...

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