My passions are adventuring (personal) and research funding (professional). These twin passions combine in a continuing effort to improve and challenge myself and to help my clients find new ways to do what they do better.Non-profits and government agencies use grants as a mechanism to fund research to make the world a better place to live. I’m proud and humbled by the impacts my clients are making. I envision new ways of funding innovative research and the best researchers in a technology-enabled world. Streamlined, online processes, knowledge management, social networking and other technologies provide opportunities to dramatically improve grant making in non-profit and government organizations.For 30 years, I’ve worked with non-profits in health care, government agencies and research organizations to improve their grant processes. I offer unique insights into the challenges and opportunities facing research funders and institutios today. With an energized and experienced team at Altum, we are helping clients achieve lower overhead costs, shorten their application and selection processes, and improve oversight and relationships with grantees.Change is never easy. Harnessing collaboration among organizations has been the cornerstone of my efforts to bring about change. I’ve been fortunate to work with people in organizations who shared my vision. Together, we have built several consortia that have created solutions to common problems in grant making. proposalCENTRAL is one example - a unique portal shared by over 100 grant making organizations. From this single website, biomedical researchers apply for over $300 million in grants. For the grantors, proposalCENTRAL eliminates mountains of paper applications, enables faster selection of grantees, and lowers processing costs.Specialties: grants management, non-profits, e-commerce, knowledge management, business process re-engineering, sales