Tami Bailey
Lehigh Acres,FL
Summary
Highly experienced in grants management with a track record of successful grant procurement and allocation. Strengths include strategic planning, fiscal oversight, and team leadership. Notable impact on past organizations through securing vital funding for key initiatives. Proven ability to manage complex projects while ensuring compliance with organizational and funder requirements.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Grants Manager
Collier County
Naples, FL
08.2019 - Current
- Author successful proposals, grant applications and requests for proposals (RFP) for various federal, state and local funders.
- Lead and coach a team of Grant Coordinators and Case Managers responsible for implementing comprehensive community improvement strategies, focusing on disaster recovery and mitigation, housing and homelessness, public service, and infrastructure enhancements.
- Supervise programs for CDBG, HOME, ESG, CDBG-DR, CDBG-MIT, DOEA, OAA, DOE, FDEM, and numerous other funders.
- Ensure compliance with 2 CFR Part 200, Build America, Buy America (BABA), Section 3, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Davis Bacon, state statutes and all other government guidelines.
- Communicate regularly with federal, state, and local funders, as well as key stakeholders.
- Invoice, reconcile and track all expenditures for each program utilizing grant management software like Salesforce and Neighborly.
- Monitor projects post-award for compliance to prevent findings with federal, state, and local audits.
Operations Manager and Vice President of Business Development
Green Star Gasifiers and Green Star & Company
Sioux City, IA
03.2018 - 05.2019
- Recruited and hired to develop and build the framework for two greenfield projects: a 10-megawatt (MW) renewable power plant, and a 250,000-ton torrefaction plant.
- Collaborated with the CEO to develop a business plan for the two greenfield projects to attract funders and investors
- Aligned the project's business plans to include risk mitigation, optimization, and implementation strategies to ensure the project could respond to market opportunities and market volatility with minimal adjustments and impact, all the while maximizing the diverse revenue opportunities available within the project.
- Engaged the local municipality and secured resources for the project, including land and infrastructure financed through Tax Increment Financing (TIF), as well as, a 20-year power purchase agreement for the power
- Developed a rigorous evaluation tool to identify, screen, and select project engineers, vendors, and contractors.
Grant & Program Administrator
City of South Sioux City
South Sioux City, NE
07.2010 - 02.2018
- Eight (8) years highly successful Grant Writing/Proposal/Request for Proposal (RFP) experience
- Eight (8) years of project management and grant administration experience for projects like: industrial construction, creation of a new housing subdivision with affordable housing along with disaster preparedness and disaster recovery activities working with FEMA, Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), and the National Guard
- Assessed performance outcomes against established goals and objectives of the program.
- Liaised with customers, addressed inquiries, handled meeting requests and answer billing questions to provide outstanding customer care.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Truman State University
Kirksville, MO08-1993
Skills
- Strategic planning
- Fiscal management
- Compliance monitoring
- Proposal development
- Problem-solving
- Stakeholder engagement
- Team building
- Community outreach
- Reporting and documentation
- Attention to detail
- Analytical skills
Accomplishments
•Awarded Project Manager of the Year by the United States Department of Agriculture in 2017
•Awarded Grant Manager of the Year by the United States Department of Agriculture in 2017
•Appointed in 2011 to serve as Commissioner on the Nebraska Volunteer Commission by Governor Dave Heineman
•Represented Nebraska at the 2011 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) peer review panel in Washington D.C. for review of National Hazard Mitigation Grants
•Graduate of Leadership Dakota County 2011
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Grants Manager
Collier County
08.2019 - Current
Operations Manager and Vice President of Business Development
Green Star Gasifiers and Green Star & Company
03.2018 - 05.2019
Grant & Program Administrator
City of South Sioux City
07.2010 - 02.2018
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Truman State University
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