Leighann Rawls
Denver,CO
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Grants and Contracts Administrator, ORSP
University Of Denver
Denver, CO
04.2019 - Current
- Serves as ORSP's pre and post award grant administrator for departments in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Sturm College of Law.
- Engages with investigators in preparing and submitting proposals including budget preparation, ensuring all potential costs have been identified and justified according to sponsor requirements.
- Performs assigned post award functions that include billing, invoicing, expenditure approval, award compliance reviews, financial reporting, progress reporting, and award closeouts.
- Administers subawards and consulting agreements for all units. Completes risk assessments, audit and compliance reviews, drafts and negotiates agreements, manages vendor purchase orders payments, and ensures subrecipient monitoring.
- Expertise and fluency of institutional and governmental regulations.
- Created and presented new subrecipient forms, processes, and procedures to maximize approvals and satisfy auditors.
Administrative Office Coordinator, OSP
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
02.2017 - 04.2019
- Coordinated subaward processing by monitoring subaward mailbox, logging in subawards and modifications, collecting pre-assessment information, and processing subawards.
- Created requisitions and change orders in Workday procurement system for subawards.
- Performed annual audit certification of subrecipients.
- Assisted Operations team by processing sponsored project agreements as assigned and monitoring OSP mailbox.
- Monitored and reconciled office accounting ledger for monthly expenditures.
- Acted as point of contact for office and assumed all administrative duties for office functionality.
Coordinator
Louisiana Transportation Research Center
Baton Rouge, LA
01.2016 - 02.2017
- Assisted and maintained special course scheduling system, course logistics, instructor assignments, course material packing, and media distribution.
- Assisted with the creation and implementation of the in-house Learning Management System for tracking and evaluating training programs for over 10,000 learners.
- Performed administrative and support activities for the TTEC Director.
Student Worker
Louisiana Transportation Research Center
Baton Rouge, LA
07.2011 - 12.2015
- Responsible for organizing, preparing, and creating materials for statewide courses and conferences.
- Assisted technical writer in editing DOTD final research reports for publication.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Speech Communication and Rhetoric, Leadership Development
Louisiana State University (LSU)
Baton Rouge, LA12.2015
Skills
- Proposal and award management
- Grant accounting and finance
- Contract negotiation
- Training and development
Timeline
Senior Grants and Contracts Administrator, ORSP
University Of Denver
04.2019 - Current
Administrative Office Coordinator, OSP
Louisiana State University
02.2017 - 04.2019
Coordinator
Louisiana Transportation Research Center
01.2016 - 02.2017
Student Worker
Louisiana Transportation Research Center
07.2011 - 12.2015
Bachelor of Arts - Speech Communication and Rhetoric, Leadership Development
Louisiana State University (LSU)