Gary M. Grobman (B.S. Drexel University; M.P.A. Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government; Ph.D., Penn State University) is special projects director for White Hat Communications, a Harrisburg-based publishing and nonprofit consulting organization formed in 1993. The title of Dr. Grobman’s doctoral dissertation is An Analysis of Codes of Ethics of Nonprofit, Tax-Exempt Membership Associations: Does Principal Constituency Make a Difference? He has served as an adjunct faculty member in the Administration and Leadership Studies Ph.D. program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. He is currently an adjunct professor at Marylhurst University and Gratz College, where he teaches at the Master’s level.  He is an officer of the teaching section of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA).

He served as the executive director of the Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition from 1983-1996. Prior to that, he was a senior legislative assistant in Washington for two members of Congress, a news reporter, and a political humor columnist for Roll Call. He also served as a lobbyist for public transit agencies. In 1987, he founded the Non-Profit Advocacy Network (NPAN), which consisted of more than 50 statewide associations that represented Pennsylvania charities. He currently is the Harrisburg Contributing Editor for Pennsylvania Nonprofit Report.

He is the author of The Holocaust—A Guide for Pennsylvania Teachers, The Nonprofit Handbook, Fundraising Online: Using the Internet to Raise Serious Money for Your Nonprofit Organization (co-authored with Gary Grant), Improving Quality and Performance in Your Non-Profit Organization, The Nonprofit Organization’s Guide to E-Commerce, and other books published by White Hat Communications and Wilder Publications (now Fieldstone).