Helen is President and CEO of The Helen Brown Group LLC, a fundraising research consulting firm founded in 2005 and based in Watertown, MA. In 2021 she founded DAFinitive®, an online search tool for information on donor advised funds. Helen is co-author of the book, Prospect Research for Fundraisers; the essential handbook (Wiley). She is a past board member and longtime volunteer for Apra and NEDRA, and a frequent speaker on prospect development for fundraising professional associations in the US and UK. Helen is Special Advisor on Fundraising to the board of the North American Foundation for the University of Manchester. Helen received the NEDRA Ann Castle Award for service to the prospect research community in 2006 and the Apra Distinguished Service Award in 2017. Helen is a hiker, baker, traveler, and vice-skip on her team at the Lower Cape Curling Club in Orleans, MA, where she serves on the education committee.