Knowledge, Skills, & Experience

Work samples on this website reflect knowledge and experience with

  • user experience (UX) and usability.
  • preparing, writing and assembling high-stakes grant applications, proposals, and reports under tight deadlines.
  • responding to complex RFPs and winning federal, state, and municipal grant awards.
  • forging and sustaining high-trust relationships with prospective funders and grantors, including program officers.
  • tailoring messages and creating content to meet the needs of different audiences. 
  • conducting wide ranging research on numerous topics, including disability, special education, poverty, socio-economic disparities, adverse childhood experiences, intersectionality,  labor market statistics, and workforce trends. 
  • contributing to and leading co-located, distributed, and virtual teams.
  • interviewing SMEs.
  • designing instructional materials.
  • information design, page layout, and plain language.
  • designing digital forms, including intake forms, applications, and participation agreements.
  • incorporating effective linguistic and visual design elements to produce persuasive and compelling messages for digital and print media. 

Over seven years, I wrote and submitted grant applications that generated millions of dollars in federal, state, municipal, and private foundation funding. Grant awards ranged from $50,000 to several million; most were valued from $75,000 to $200,000, and many were multi-year awards.

Examples of funding sources include the following: 

  • U.S. Department of Labor
  • Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
  • Chicago Community Trust
  • Pinkerton Foundation
  • Ira W. DeCamp Foundation
  • Achelis & Bodman Foundation
  • Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
  • NBA Foundation 
  • Butler Foundation
  • Hearst Foundation
  • Liberty Mutual Foundation
  • New York Community Trust
  • Texas Workforce Commission
  • United Way of Greater Dallas
  • Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MassAbility) 
  • The Boston Foundation
  • ACCES-VR in New York  
  • The May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
  • Taft Foundation
  • California Community Foundation, and many others