Meet Our Team Of Experts
We partner with the best of the best to bring you tailored solutions you can trust!
Sparkle Jackson
Sparkle has over a decade of experience in the nonprofit, state, and federal sectors. She has an impressive 80% success rate in securing grants from agencies such as USDA, EPA, DOL, and HUD.
Jessica Durovy
Jessica's grant writing, nonprofit management, and funder engagement experience spans over a decade, with a focus on navigating USDA, EPA, and anti-hunger initiatives.
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Kevin Aspegren
Kevin has 20 years of experience in grant writing and leadership in fundraising. He has secured over $340 million for nonprofits in renewable energy and rural development, through strategic analysis and campaign management.
Vivien Rayam
With over 20 years of experience in securing funding from federal and state agencies, including HUD, DOJ, and DOE. Vivien excels in grant writing, program management, and contract management for non-profits and small businesses.
Matthew Fellers
Matthew holds degrees in Criminal Justice and Psychology. He's served as a peace officer for 20 years and specializes in school safety and grant writing for educational institutions. He is experienced with the NIH, HUD, and DOT.​
Marko Stankovic
Marko has a decade-plus of experience writing federal grants to diverse agencies, including USDA, DHHS, USAID, NOAA Fisheries, DOE, and others. He has worked with nonprofit and government clients and has won proposals in the range of $1M to $50M.
Cassy Westmoreland
Cassy has over a decade of experience in grant management and compliance, successfully securing significant funding. She consults on federal grants and assists organizations in expanding their capabilities. She holds advanced degrees in Public Policy and Social Work.
Chelle Peltier
With two decades of experience in grant writing, nonprofit management, and business management, she has helped develop and implement programs in education, training, social justice, health, public safety, and intervention.
Stacy Grant
Stacey (she/her) brings 14 years of community organizing experience to offer strategic grant planning, research, and writing for clean energy, climate, and environmental justice projects. She has designed municipal Just Recovery and Resiliency plans.
Laura Wood
Laura, with 18 years in nonprofit consulting, has grant experience that includes foundations, federal agencies, and private funders, such as the MacArthur Foundation, Builders Initiative, DOE, EPA, Department of Education, Economic Development Administration, and the Federal Transit Authority.
Jenna Easton
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Jenna, with over 10 years in juvenile justice reform and grant administration, has directed complex funding portfolios across federal, state, and private sectors, including $50 million annually at the U.S. Department of Justice. She brings expertise in program design, compliance, and technical assistance, with experience managing awards through OJJDP, the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Education
Spence Halperin
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Spence has secured substantial government and foundation grant funds for over 90 nonprofit groups across a broad range of service sectors, including affordable housing, senior services, healthcare, behavioral health. He has reviewed federal grants for HRSA, SAMHSA, and ACL.
Robert J. Patrick
Robert's client and grant-writing experience ranges from educational institutions to nonprofits focusing on BIPOC communities to social justice & advocacy to my work with city, county, state, and federal grant work.
Tanya M. Nichols
Tanya is a seasoned and results-driven Senior Grants and Programs Manager with 25+ years of experience in the philanthropic, nonprofit, and public sectors. Proven expertise in managing strategic investments, building grantee partnerships, and executing full-cycle grants and program operations aligned with organizational goals.
John P Nicolais
With a background in law, business, and consulting, John has grant experience spanning foundations, state agencies, and federal departments, including the EPA, USDA, DOE, DOL, HUD, Veterans Affairs, DoD, AmeriCorps, Commerce/NOAA, Treasury, SBA, HHS, and Interior.
Katie Riconda
Katie, with a background in public service and nonprofit leadership, has grant experience that includes local, state, federal, foundation, and corporate funders, such as FEMA, Save the Children, AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod, Boston Medical Center, and NYU Wagner.
Vicki Hover
Vicki is a seasoned Grant Manager and Project Manager with over 25 years of experience directing multimillion-dollar federal and state grant programs. She has demonstrated excellence in full grant lifecycle management, including pre-award, proposal writing, program oversight, and post-award compliance.
Abe Masoud
Abe has over a decade of experience in aerospace and defense, specializing in business development, strategy, and program management for government clients. He excels in leading competitive bids, fostering customer relationships, and ensuring compliant program execution. He holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California.
Chavisa Woods
Chavisa, with more than 15 years of experience in grant writing and foundation relations, has secured funding from foundations, corporations, and federal agencies, including the Office of Juvenile Justice, Department of Labor, Office of Violence Against Women, Wellspring, Wells Fargo, the Ford Foundation, and the Andy Warhol Foundation