Helen is the Project Manager for Grant Philanthropic Advisors. She's been with the firm since 2020. Helen coordinates all client needs and team assignments to ensure client expectations are met. She keeps our GPA team in line and on their toes! Helen is motivated by our work as she is passionate about our community's needs and values the nonprofit sector's ability to think outside the box and create solutions that empower people.

Helen earned a bachelor's degree in 2007 from the College of Charleston. Her career has included a variety of roles and industries. She was a data analyst with Benefitfocus, a publicly traded company, for 2 years. Prior to her time at Benefitfocus, Helen honed her project coordination skills at Bishop Gadsden, a continuing care retirement community in Charleston, serving in the role of Resident Services Coordinator. She currently splits her time between GPA and Aging Life Care Charleston.

A native South Carolinian, Helen hails from Pawleys Island. In her free time, you can find Helen at the beach with a good book or enjoying time boating and sharks' teeth hunting with her husband and daughter.

Samantha is the Data Analyst for Grant Philanthropic Advisors. She joined the team in 2023. Samantha handles all of the data analytics and data management for clients. She loves to help GPA clients make informed decisions by providing a clear way to visualize how their giving aligns with their values, goals, and philanthropic strategy.

Samantha earned a bachelor's degree in Applied Math & Statistics and Economics in 2019 from Stony Brook University. Born and raised in New York, Samantha currently lives in the Lower Hudson Valley. In her free time, you can find her hiking with her dog or creating elaborate origami sculptures.

Molly partners with GPA to support clients design impactful and values-based philanthropic plans, and she helps clients navigate and build relationships within the nonprofit community. She is an independent social impact and philanthropic advisor who supports foundations, corporations, and individual philanthropists.

Based in Charlotte, NC, Molly has extensive experience working inside communities as well as private and public systems and served as President and CEO of Communities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg from 2011-2020 where she and 125 team members worked to empower, support, and case-manage more than 30,000 students annually. Prior to joining Communities In Schools, Molly launched and led The Charlotte Teachers Institute, an initiative designed to strengthen teaching in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. She also spent several years at Davidson College in various fundraising roles.

Molly has served on community boards to advocate for organizations that promote early childhood learning, literacy, youth development, college access, supportive housing, foster care and adoption, workforce development, the arts, and women’s collective giving. She has published op-eds and delivered talks locally and nationally on topics including economic mobility, educational trends and solutions, cradle to career success, social capital, trust-based philanthropy, and leadership. Molly is a graduate of Davidson College and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is also a 21/64 Certified Advisor. She is married to David Webb and has three children, Max, Kate, and Cam.

Jessica serves as a Senior Advisor on the GPA team. She works directly with clients to help them crystallize what is most important to them and create a philanthropic strategic plan that honors their "why". Her years of experience as a funder helps clients to understand the hallmarks of an effective nonprofit while also introducing clients to new funding opportunities.

Jessica moved to Charleston in 2010 and invested in the community from the start. Most recently, serving as the Director of Boeing Global Engagement, she led external relations across 11 states overseeing $100M of charitable investments over her ten-year career with Boeing in South Carolina.

Jessica’s passion for supporting the community began as a hospital volunteer at the Western Maryland Health System where she grew up in Cumberland. She experienced advocacy work as an intern at the State House in Annapolis and then graduated from the University of Maryland in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in Communications. Upon earning her master’s degree from Georgetown University in 2009, Jessica moved to Charleston to be closer to family.

Jessica currently serves on the boards of Camp Happy Days, Empower Charleston and MUSC Children’s Hospital. She's also a 21/64 Certified Advisor. On the weekends, Jessica is typically at the beach with her husband Grier and their two boys Matthew and Bo.