Experience

CSU FULLERTON AUXILIARY SERVICES CORPORATION

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sponsored Programs Administrator

  • Feb 2019 - Present

  Post-award research administrator for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics -Oversight of over 90 externally funded grants and projects -Working with over 45 faculty to navigate post-award administration of their funded projects -Developing informational resources to support faculty in post-award management of their funded projects Post-award research administrator for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics -Oversight of over 90 externally funded grants and projects -Working with over 45 faculty to navigate post-award administration of their funded projects -Developing informational resources to support faculty in post-award management of their funded projects



California State University, Fullerton

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Grants Specialist

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2018

  • Individualized support for The Mihaylo College of Business & Economics faculty based on their pre-proposal support needs to prepare competitive grant proposals • Pre-proposal support provided to faculty in College of Natural Sciences and Engineering & Computer Sciences o National Science Foundation – Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER); Improvements to Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE); Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) o National Institutes of Health – SCORE 3 o National Geospatial Intelligence Agency – Academic Research Program (NARP) • Project management in coordinating pre-proposal development of $10.8 Million in research funding requests since October 2015 • Research funding, fellowships, and/or scholarship opportunity research, identification and review • Research proposal concept support and development for faculty • Project budget development and compliance review for budgets ranging from $5,000 to $1,600,000 • Writing coordination and editing support for external sponsors o Federal Examples: NSF, NIH, IES o Foundation Examples: Spencer, William T. Grant, Russell Sage o For profit companies for sponsored research projects • Assistance with the preparation of supplemental documentation • Guidance on process and procures related to Federal, Foundation, and Private funding sponsors • Coordination of proposal compliance and submission with the Office of Grants and Contracts and Office of Sponsored Programs • Instructor in faculty focused Funding My Research Workshop and Scholarly Programs to Advance Research Knowledge series Show less



The Let It Be Foundation, Inc.

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Office and Operations Manager

  • Jun 2014 - Feb 2015

  • Administration department operations and staff schedules for five sections • Processing payroll for eight staff members • Performed data entry and database management support • Assisted in budget review for three high profile agency events with attendance over 100 people • Worked with eight team members to prioritize projects • Project management of over 10 monthly/bi-monthly projects • Prepared over twenty press releases, coordinated letters to families and community sponsor • Planning and coordination of writing and editing proposals valued at over $300,000 • Created Likert Scale questionnaires and tracked datasets for 50 people • Edit print materials, letters drafted by the CEO, and formal communications with community partners Show less



M.H.M. & Associates

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Grants Administrator and Executive Assistant

  • Feb 2009 - Jun 2014

  • Performed compliance review for an average of 15 large proposals valued at over $200,000 each, per month related to required formatting, support documentation, and submission process • Worked with senior writers to build an average of 10 new program logic models, program concepts, and writing proposals Managed junior writing team responsible for submitting 20 small applications per month (researching, secluding, writing, and editing) • Daily office management related to clerical support: reception, equipment maintenance, filing, client record keeping, and staff of 10 work schedules. • Trainer for four interns and apprentice client supervisors related to grant writing, client relations management, and agency process and procedures • Performed client support and maintenance for 15 high level clients including: o Monthly Client Reports o Annual support documentation updating o Annual SAM and Grants.gov review o Review of foundation portal information • Assistance in preparing an average of five presentations and official communications per week that included client reports, conference presentations, potential client feasibility studies, new client orientations, and awarded grant presentations • Co-conducted client meetings and lead awarded grant presentations to groups between five to 15 people • Executive operations support for CEO and VP of Operations in coordinating travel prioritization of phone and in-person meetings, and attending meetings and conferences Show less



Amore Breakfast

• Ogunquit, ME

• Waitress & Administrative Assistant

  • Jun 2007 - Sep 2008

  • Fine dining customer service and food service of over 60 people per day • Administrative support for restaurant operations (non-food related) • Management of gift shop merchandise • Fine dining customer service and food service of over 60 people per day • Administrative support for restaurant operations (non-food related) • Management of gift shop merchandise



California State University, Fullerton

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Assistant

  • Feb 2007 - May 2008

  • Assisted in updating, enhancing and organizing 15 classroom PowerPoint presentations • Performed research support, clerical filing, and archival of materials related to going research. • Archived over 500 pieces of visual documentation of both past and ongoing projects (analog color slides and articles) • Assisted in updating, enhancing and organizing 15 classroom PowerPoint presentations • Performed research support, clerical filing, and archival of materials related to going research. • Archived over 500 pieces of visual documentation of both past and ongoing projects (analog color slides and articles)



Homefield Credit Union

• United States
• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Assistant

  • Jun 2003 - Jul 2006

  • Executive support for day-to-day operations of executive staff • Coordination of 10 Board of Directors monthly and special meetings • Customer service and operational support for six departments: Teller (cash handling), Member Services (account maintenance), Loans (payments/payoffs), Online Banking (setup), Executive Officers (administrative assistance), and Board of Directors (research) • Process banking-by-mail requests daily, average of 30 pieces • As a teller processed over 300 transactions daily Show less



Franklin Pierce University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Student

  • 2000 - 2004