April Mongrain Email & Phone Number

Westminster, Co, Us

United States

Lakewood Colorado

Lakewood, Co

Greater Denver Area

Evaluated hospital cost institutions and grants for staff and fellows, to include checking actions for accuracy, rectifying errors, and monitoring expenditures. Uses the institution’s financial software to access grant and cost institution information. Trained and approved faculty and research laboratories with electronic ordering.Accountable to twelve faculty members for the management of multiple grants and/or cost institutions for over $536 Million dollars. Created spreadsheets using Excel software to monitor current spending and future spending.Collaborated with principal investigators on budgeting for grant submittals and renewalsActed as interdepartmental administrative liaison with Human Resources, Finance, Purchasing, Finance, Grants and Contracts, Information Services, Telecommunications, Plant Services, Environmental Services, and other departments as required.Assisted staff members with human resource issues including hiring, performance evaluations, merit increases, terminations and pay problems, time sheets, pay checks, and time and effort reports.Retained department files for grant and institutional cost expenditures.

Golden, Co

Supported Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Program at the Golden Field Office on the implementation and management of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) working with grants totaling more than $284,737,300 in ten states supporting 55 separate grantees.Served as a Team Supervisor for seven staff members. Communicated directly with EECBG recipients to address process inquiries, also to coordinate, review and approve quarterly grant reporting on the PAGE system. Implement recipient grant revisions and changes as well as close-out. On site monitoring to ensure that grantees were complying with all required federal regulations related to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding and the U.S. Department of Energy as well as their own jurisdictional guidelines.Reviewed EECBG recipient strategies and contracts to ensure all Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) guidelines were met, including: allowable strategies, NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act), Davis-Bacon Act, Historic Preservation, and Waste Management .

Golden, Co

Contractor for the USDA Forest Service under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, which was a part of the congressional stimulus program.Contacted program managers after reviewing an acquisition for completeness. Discussed the requirements to determine projected start dates and additional items required for submission and the overall scope of the project.Reviewed and approved new actions and modifications for projects funded with ARRA funds.Managed all electronic information in the Forest Service database and this includes training others, troubleshooting problems, and updating fixes to the database.Supported the EROC (Economic Recovery Operations Center) Contracts, Grants, and Agreements Specialist in the performance of their work duties from cradle to grave by performing price analysis and reviewing the pre-award documentation, adequacy of statements of work, financial plans, and file justifications such as Economy Act Justification and Non-competitive Determinations.Reported on, tracks and analyzes ARRA database to determine if EROC is meeting their financial goals prescribed by Congress.Worked to stand up the EROC by establishing the databases, workflow processes, organizational design, file systems, operating procedures and created forms and procurements documents.

Denver, Co

Assisted in preparing a $10,000,000 grant that served 30 programs to provided services and build housing for homeless individuals and families. Managed the contracts and subcontracts awarded under the grant including site visits, and financial management.Maintained billing, benefits, timesheets, grants, contracts, and insurance files.Maintained organizational financial systems and analyzed workflow processes to determine if changes were needed.Responsible for hiring and supervising several private contractors that assisted with special fundraising projects.Supported developed and maintained strategic marketing and communications activities.Increased the volunteer base for Point in Time Survey and recruited over 120 volunteers each year.