John Daniels Email & Phone Number

Contracts and Grants Administrator, University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville, Al June 2022 - presentContract and grant administration for the Alabama Space Grant Consortium, EPSCoR (NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research), The Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education, the College of Nursing, and the UAH Research Institute.Assistant Director of Financial Aid, Mississippi State UniversityStarkville, MS 2021 – 2022• Monitor compliance and manage $4 million in grant funds benefiting 2,800 low-income students: $2.7 million federal, $861,000 state, and $400,000 private foundation.• Manage the front reception desk, call center, and verification documents areas including two full-time staff, one part-time staff, and eight student workers.• Monitor NCAA and Department of Education financial aid and scholarship compliance for over 500 student athletes.Financial Literacy Coordinator, Mississippi State University Starkville, MS 2015 – 2021• Applied for, received, monitored compliance, and managed over $4 million in grant funds from multiple sources benefiting 2,300 low-income students: $1.46 million federal, $1.25 million non-profit partnership, $861,000 state, $400,000 private foundation, and $100,000 institutional.• Managed a $1.2 million federal completion grant program• Hired and supervised employees• Instructor for personal money management courses for ten semesters• Launched campus-wide financial literacy campaign Presented to over 6,250 students, staff and faculty (almost 1,200 annually) Launched a financial peer-mentor program where three mentors were trained and impacted 102 students their first semester, 78 one-on-one and 24 in presentations Launched new website and social media accounts with over 1,400 followers Wrote a periodic e-newsletter to over 14,000 students Sent 10,000 annual loan letters with cumulative debt and repayment information Implemented annual on-line financial education used by 5,000 students Developed a Housing Office partnership to train Financial Literacy RAs for every hall who contacted over 1,000 students annually and conducting programs. Managed default prevention program with 890 monthly delinquent borrower contacts Establish and maintain partnerships with Regions, Everfi, & iGrad for free resourcesSenior Pastor, Life Church Starkville, MS, 2009-2021• Researched, planned and effectively launched a new ethnically diverse church• Manages budget of up to $120,000, church staff and volunteers• Implements events annually with up to 200 in attendance

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