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Bethany Burrous

New York,NY

Summary

Dynamic Director oversees every facet of public sector project management from concept paper to closeout. Brings comprehensive knowledge of public administration, nonprofit finance, and grants and contracts management. Skilled at collaborating across different departments, organizations, and institutions to build capacity and bring positive change during times of intense growth.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Grants and Projects

Fund for Public Health
02.2024 - Current
  • Co-led Program Department of 15, with six direct reports
  • Supervised administrative oversight of over 150 grant and City-funded public health projects on behalf of NYC Health Department
  • Provided training and technical assistance to internal staff members and NYC Health Department program partners on contract development, budget design and review, procurement, hiring, and grant compliance
  • Guided team in developing new standard operating procedures following organizational transition and restructuring.

Director of Budgets and Grants

NYC Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence
05.2015 - 02.2023
  • Managed $27M+ budget by forecasting, monitoring, approving, and reporting on all program expenditures
  • Developed proposals for 18 separate groundbreaking programs within two major interagency initiatives which received baselined City funding of over $7M
  • Provided training and technical assistance on navigating City systems including PASSPort and Payee Information Portal to external partners
  • Before acquiring support staff, served as office's sole fiscal employee during transitional growth period with increase of over $15M in funding and 64 in personnel headcount.

Grants Manager

Community Service Society of New York
05.2012 - 05.2015
  • Initiated and wrote manuals on financial policies and procedures for thedepartment and its subcontractors
  • Developed department's first-ever systems for tracking expenditures from up to 15 different overlapping government grants and contracts totaling over $6 million
  • Provided one-on-one fiscal guidance to over 45 different subcontractors while reviewing and approving their financial reports, quarterly vouchers, and program budgets
  • Created user-friendly tools for ensuring continued compliance with increasingly stringent government financial requirements.

Education

Master of Public Administration -

Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, New York University
New York, NY
01.2014

Bachelor of Arts -

Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
01.2004

Skills

  • Public Administration
  • Team Leadership
  • Grant Compliance
  • Project Management
  • Budget Development
  • Systems Improvement
  • Relationship Building
  • Contracting

Certificate Programs

  • Certified Nonprofit Accounting Professional, New York, NY
  • Managing for Innovation City Partners' Workshop, New York, NY
  • Managing Federal Grants and Cooperative Agreements, Tysons Corner, VA

Timeline

Director of Grants and Projects

Fund for Public Health
02.2024 - Current

Director of Budgets and Grants

NYC Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence
05.2015 - 02.2023

Grants Manager

Community Service Society of New York
05.2012 - 05.2015

Master of Public Administration -

Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, New York University

Bachelor of Arts -

Indiana University

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