Gary M. Grobman

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, PA-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 currently teaches nonprofit organization ethics as an adjunct faculty member in Marylhurst University's MBA program, and has also taught ethics and nonprofit management graduate courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education at the Ph.D. 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 represent Pennsylvania charities. He currently is the Harrisburg Contributing Editor for Pennsylvania Nonprofit Report. He is also the founder of the Ph.D. Culture Project (http://www.facebook.com/phdculture), an informal organization dedicated to making the process by which individuals get their Ph.D.s more humane.

He serves as Vice President of the Greater Harrisburg Concert Band, and as Treasurer of the Harrisburg Area Road Runners Club. He also served on the board of directors of the Citizen Service Project, and was the Treasurer of that statewide 501(c)(3), which was established to promote citizen service in Pennsylvania. He also served on the Ethics Committee of the USA Track and Field Association.

His latest book, "Just Don't Do It! A Fractured and Irreverent Look at the Ph.D. Culture" is his 14th title.