Manager Of Grant Services
CurrentI've worked at IU13 since 2010; first as a grant-funded Project Coordinator, then as their dedicated "grants person" (first Coordinator, then Manager of Grant Services) since 2015. IU13 is an educational service agency that supports 22 school districts in Lancaster and Lebanon Counties PA. In my current role, I support my 1500+ colleagues as "part grant writer, part project manager, part writing coach, and part grants trainer." My "secret superpower" is visual explanation, which sometimes involves creating my own diagrams/visuals. Since July 2018, I've been involved in creating/submitting 118 competitive grant proposals (federal, state, corporate, and foundation), of which 83 were funded (70.3% success rate), resulting in approx. $19.9M coming into IU13 and community partners (e.g. the Literacy Council of Lancaster-Lebanon, Lancaster Workforce Development Board). Federal applications include to the following agencies: U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services / Office of Refugee Resettlement; U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services / Office of Head Start; U.S. Dept of Education; U.S. Dept of Homeland Security; U.S. Dept of Labor; National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration; Library of CongressI am an active member of the Grants Professionals Association, and have held a GPC certification from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute since 2018.Personal interests include: knitting, Star Trek/scifi/nerdiness, playing bagpipes in a celtic rock band, and bad puns. I'm bad at gardening but decent at cooking. Influences include: Stephen King, Vu Le, Josh Bernoff, Bear McCreary, Gene Roddenberry, Weird Al Yankovic, Dan Roam, Rachel Maddow, Alexx Reed, Florence Welch, and my parents.
