Joan Hall

Joan Hall knows what makes a gift land — and what makes it land in a donation pile. Based in Houston and raised in Savannah, she brings a distinctly Southern sensibility to her work as a curator at GiftGrader, where she covers wedding and romantic gifting with the kind of earned confidence that only comes from twelve-plus years in the field. A Certified Wedding Planner with a B.A. in Consumer Psychology from the University of Georgia, Joan has guided over 300 couples through registry strategy and milestone gifting decisions across the South and Gulf Coast. She's attended 47 weddings as a guest — and never once picked from the registry. Her friends have mixed feelings about this. The gifts, though? Universally beloved.