Deborah K. Herman Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

Leads business development operations, including standardizing contracts for new scopes of work and renewals. Supports C-Suite with revenue tracking and resource needs across the agency through pipeline oversight. Leverages ongoing proposal management experience to understand how a potential client’s work aligns with the agency’s expertise, helping prospective clients see the agency as the right partner to help solve complex issues.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Worked across the agency to develop proposals, scopes of work, and pitches to secure new business with high-profile individual philanthropists and potential foundation, nonprofit, brand, and corporate partners. Facilitated grant submissions and responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs). Collaborated with leadership and cross-functional divisions across the country to ensure inputs were executable. --Propper Daley is the full-service social impact firm behind today’s leading brands, cultural leaders, organizations, and philanthropic initiatives. We fuse left-brain strategic thinking with right-brain communications expertise to help clients accelerate their purpose, and create transformational, measurable, and outcome-oriented social change across a variety of industries and sectors. Operating at the intersection of entertainment and public policy, clients turn to us for our proven track record with high-profile activations, unique cross-sector expertise, award-winning creative, and our deep network of collaborators.

Www.Thehermaneditinggroup.Com

Copyedits and develops content, proposals, and website messaging for a diverse portfolio of corporate and private clients in industries including marketing, manufacturing, IT, law, education, and art conservation.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Supported the Dean of the School of Medicine and Chief of Staff on strategic projects. Provided ongoing support for and submission of UCLA’s largest grant of $69M, funded in 2016 and in 2022. Developed boilerplate and letters of support content, created templates, and edited and standardized documents. Administered program requests and resources for executive faculty across four healthcare institutions. Executed strategic plans for pilot program database in collaboration with department heads. Supervised members of the administrative team.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Partnered with key stakeholders for timely execution of deliverables and project milestones. Implemented pilot program activities, including progress reports, outcomes analysis, and financial tracking. Managed compliance monitoring of over 4000 digital publications. Trained members of the administrative team.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Managed project timelines and provided grant preparation support to secure funding from government agencies. Identified federal funding opportunities that aligned with faculty research interests. Drafted customized letters of support and developed grant templates for Request for Proposals (RFPs).

Greater Los Angeles Area

Managed grants portfolio, securing $525K in private, corporate, community, and national funding. Led proposal strategy from inception to funding, including research, writing, submission, and site visits. Cultivated relationships with grantmaking foundations and donors to develop sustainable sources of funding.

Master'S, Communication Management

B.A., Communication, Visual Culture, Magna Cum Laude

Semester Abroad In London