Originally from France, Samantha moved to the US 11 years ago to teach college-level French after receiving a Master's in Applied Linguistics and E-Learning. After moving to Charleston she discovered a true passion for website development while working at several web agencies where she acquired valuable development skills working on various types of projects from High Fashion E-commerce, to Real Estate and Non-Profit websites. Samantha joined the Digital Services team at Blackbaud 6 years ago specializing in building custom WordPress sites for customers of all verticals. After which she joined the Service Management team 3 years ago to lead the initiative and development of the new product branded Blackbaud Website Package (BBWP). Samantha’s skills and knowledge of customer needs have allowed her to continue efforts in perfecting this solution by using the latest web tools and collaborating with teams to further integrate the solution with other Blackbaud products.