Summary
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS (2003-2010)
• Lead Grant Professional for more than $190,000,000 in Federal Grants
• Lead Grant Professional for more than $14,000,000 in Foundation Proposals
• Board of Directors, American Association of Grant Professionals 2009
• Grant Professional Certified (GPC) – Grant Professionals Certification Institute
• Nonprofit Studies Certificate (NPS) – Johns Hopkins University, Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KWG (Grant and Proposal) Consultants, LLC, President April 2003 to Present
• Grant Development Services
- Providing federal and foundation grant writing, review, and development services
- Providing narrative development, orchestration of subject matters experts, workflow scheduling and assignments by calendar, conference calls, and round-robin reviews
- Assisting executives with grant product development and quality control systems
- Training in-house grant writers in federal grant writing strategies and standards
- Utilizing MS Word tracking, review, and comment tools
- Emergency, after hours or weekend, writing service
• Peer Reviewer/Federal Contractor
- Center for Disease Control Present
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2003 to Present
- U.S. Department of Labor, ETA 2003 to Present
- Corporation for National and Community Service 2003 to 2008
Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation Dec 2004 to Nov 2008
• Grants and Foundations Officer
- Created and established a grants office to solicit corporate, foundation, government agencies
- Worked with top public and private administrators, high-net worth volunteers, and organizational leaders to solicit grants of $100,000 Raised three quarters of a million dollars annually
- Created and implemented intra-institutional grant development interviews, procedures, policies, committees, and project reporting processes
- Expert in health and human service grant development
Anne Arundel Community College Foundation June 2004 to Sept 2004
• Interim Assistant Director of Development
- Recruited part-time to help establish Foundation Relations office
- Special Events Coordinator for 2004 annual Gala
Washington Times Foundation June 2000 to June 2004
• Program Officer/ Senior Associate
- Built capacity in 43 chapter grass roots grantee, American Family Coalition
- Taught grant writing, fundraising, and membership development strategies
- Instit