A legacy of giving starts here
Our Leadership Team
We’re teenage girls in middle and high school working to make a difference in the Richmond, Va., community. Girl Power Grants is open to any teenager who identifies as a female.
Addison Rhudy
Executive Director
2020 – Present
Addison was only 8 when her oldest sister Morgan founded Girl Power Grants, but even then she knew she shared Morgan’s passion for service. Since GPG’s inception, Addison has had a leadership voice in everything from grants review to recruiting to event planning. In addition to serving as executive director, she is the GPG club leader at Midlothian Middle School. Since taking over in late 2020, Addison has worked to modernize GPG for a post-COVID-19 world, streamlining the process for donors and grantees alike. Addison is an accomplished artist, having earned awards and accolades for her paintings, drawings and sculpting.
She loves tennis, 80s and 90s music and thrift store shopping. Addison lives in Midlothian, Va., with her family, has two older sisters and a dog named Sunny. Stay tuned for more details on other current leaders of Girl Power Grants.
Ellison Knaupp
COO & VP
Ellison Knaupp serves as the Chief Operating Officer and vice president of Girl Power Grants.
She joined the Girl Power Grants organization in 2019, and she became the vice president late 2020. Ellison and Addison had been close, and have led GPG together since. This year she is a sophomore in the Humanities program at Monacan, where she learns about different cultural histories, arts, and literature.
She is also the president of the GPG club at Monacan High School, which focuses on the main GPG motive, as well as inspiring teen girls to take initiative and leadership roles in their everyday life. Outside of school and Girl Power Grants, Ellison dances with Marianne Kelley School of Dance and is a part of many clubs at Monacan. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music, going outside, talking to friends, hanging out with her family of seven siblings, and overall just being happy!
Ellison is very grateful to be a part of such a unique, powerful, and developed non-profit. She is SO excited to see the future of Girl Power Grants and to continue empowering young girls!
Sophia Lehman
Clover Hill High School, Girl Power Grants Club Director
Since she was a kid, Sophia enjoyed raising money for charities and helping others, and when she first heard of GPG she was excited to join, although she didn’t know how to really make a difference. As she kept thinking about it, Siogua decided to try to restart the club founded around GPG in her school. Now the head of the GPG club at Clover Hill, Sophia has been coming up with many ideas for a school and its students to raise money, especially in an age where it isn’t common for a teen to donate to charity.
Charlotte Callahan
GPG Sponsorships
Charlotte Callahan serves as head of sponsorships for Girl Power Grants. This is her second year apart of the girl-powered nonprofit. She is a sophomore at Collegiate and runs track and cross country. Charlotte loves outdoor activities and talking to people. She says she, “loves Girl Power Grants and all the girls apart of it! I am so excited to see what is to come in the next year!”
Macy Boyer
Macy Boyer is serving in her second year as a member of Girls Power Grants. She is a sophomore at Collegiate School.
She loves running, reading, eating anything mint chocolate chip-related, spending time with friends and family, and giving back to the community!
Macy says, “I love that GPG creates a segway for teenage girls to become involved in their community, and I am super excited to continue to work with this amazing group of girls!”
Zuzu Alexander
Zuzu Alexander is a sophomore in the Humanities Program at Monacan High School. She has been a member of Girl Power Grants since her 6th grade year, 2019-2020. In addition to performing duties as the recruitment coordinator, which includes spreading the word about GPG to motivate teen girls to join, she serves as a co-director of the Monacan High School branch. She works to carry out the ideas and share plans from the meetings in Richmond with the members at Monacan.
Outside of GPG she loves dancing, swimming, and playing lacrosse as well as volunteering for her neighborhood swim team and spending quality time with her family and friends.
Morgan Rhudy
Founder & Former Executive Director
2015 – 2019
Morgan Rhudy founded GPG in 8th grade with a vision to award grants in Central Virginia through collective giving. Under her leadership, GPG awarded more $50,000 in grants, including emergency grants in times of crisis.
Morgan is an Independent Scholars major at James Madison University studying strategic communications and entrepreneurship. She describes her time leading GPG as transformative and deeply influential for her life.
Founding and early leadership team members included: Madison Anonick, Delaney Baratka, Sydney Dudley, Zelda Hinkle, Evelyn Ivey, Maggie McKenna, Marly Rokenbrod, Sadie Rogerson, Izzy Schuler, Madison Sherman and Kate Steenkamer
Hannah Rhudy
Executive Director
2019 – 2020
Hannah Rhudy led GPG during the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring the organization continued to thrive in a virtual environment. Hannah hosted Zoom meetings and events, managed member social media campaigns and planned and executed the virtual 2021 Big Give. Under her leadership, members gave more than $12,000 in grants to nonprofits serving at-risk populations during the pandemic. Hannah currently is a junior at the James River Center for Leadership and International Relations in Midlothian. She is also the 2021 Miss Virginia Teen Volunteer.
Hannah credits her lifetime of service to her ultimate goal to serve others whether through ministry or regenerative farming.
