Educator

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• A twenty-year impactful educator with positions such as an English Teacher, Guidance Counselor, and Administrator.

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Coach

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• Twenty-five years of coaching experience, a two-time, back-to-back 2013-2014/2014-2015 Florida Christian Conference State Championship High School Girls Basketball coach, and over 25 Youth/AAU championships.

• 104-25 Overall Record as a Head Coach 80.62% (Winning Percentage).

 

Senior Grant Writer/Grant Enhancement Specialist

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• Over $350,000,000.00 in funded grants for his clients, which primarily consist of school districts, private schools, churches, and smaller-budget nonprofits.

• Wrote and managed $245,000,000.00 in ESSER I (CARES), ESSER II (CARES), and ESSER III (ARP) grants for a Florida School District.

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President, Foster Grants and Giving Inc. (Nonprofit)

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• Foster Grants and Giving Inc. implements programming comprised of areas that make an immediate and daily impact on vulnerable populations in our community.

• Our comprehensive program, Fostering High-Quality Education for All was created to impact homeless students, their families, and underprivileged and lower socioeconomic students in the Central Florida area. 

• Foster Grants and Giving Inc. has been writing grants, conducting grant source research, fundraising, and acquiring in-kind product donations since 2015.

• We specialize in getting grant funding for private schools, charter schools, churches, and small nonprofits, which is why our motto is "Helping the Helpers."

• As our client's funding success ballooned to astronomical levels, our services expanded to grant project management, consulting, post-award compliance, program evaluation, foundation/corporate grant reviewer services, and program design/implementation.

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Education

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• Andersonville Theological Seminary – Master of Ministry in Biblical Counseling (Magna Cum Laude)

• Ashworth College – Bachelor's in Early Childhood Education (Cum Laude)

• Valencia College – Small Business Management Specialization Associates Degree

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Credentials/Certifications

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• National Association of Nonprofit Organizations and Executives (NANOE) – Certified Nonprofit Executive (CNE) Credentialed

• National Association of Nonprofit Organizations and Executives (NANOE) – Certified Development Executive (CDE) Credentialed

• National Association of Nonprofit Organizations and Executives (NANOE) – Certified Nonprofit Consultant (CNC) Credentialed

• Nonprofit Leadership Alliance – Designing Nonprofit Programs Certification

• Grants Magic U – Ultimate Grant Proposal Blueprint 2023 Certification

• United States Department of Labor – Rating and Documenting Evaluative Feedback for Grant Applications Course Certification

• United States Department of Education – Being an Effective Peer Reviewer Course Certification

• University of Central Florida – Nonprofit Management Certification

• University of Central Florida – Nonprofit Marketing Certification

• NonprofitWebAdvisor – Program Evaluation (Defining and Measuring Outcomes for Ongoing Improvement) Certification

• NonprofitWebAdvisor – Nonprofit Program Design and Implementation Certification

• University of Central Florida – Advanced Grant Proposal Writing Certification

• University of Central Florida – Fundamentals of Supervision Management Certification

• Technical Writer HQ – Grant Writing Certification

• ROI Institute – Program/Project Evaluation Certified

• ROI Institute – Return on Investment (ROI) Methodology Master Course Completion

• University of Central Florida – Nonprofit Fundraising Essentials Certification

• University of Central Florida – Nonprofit Management Certification

• University of Central Florida – Grant Writing Certification

• State of Florida Department of Education – Prekindergarten/Primary PK–3 Teacher Certification

• National Private School Association – Teacher Certification (English/Reading Endorsement)

 

Memberships

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• National Association of Nonprofit Organizations and Executives (NANOE) 

• Grant Professionals Association

• Central Florida Grant Professionals Association

• American Grant Writers Association

• Project Good Work Changemakers

• National Black Chamber of Commerce

• Delta Epsilon Tau Honor Society

• Florida Association of Basketball Coaches

• Florida Grant Developers Network K-12

• National Grants Management Association (NGMA)

• National Association of Federal Education Program Administrators (NAFEPA)

• Florida Association of State Federal Educational Program Administrators (FASFEPA)

• East Coast Technical Assistance Center (ECTAC)

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