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Overview
Work History
Education
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Certification
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Tanika Bishop

Summary

Proven Grants Management Specialist with a track record of enhancing disaster preparedness and response at FEMA. Expert in strategic planning and interagency collaboration, adept at securing over $300 million in grant funding. Skilled in crisis management and community relations, significantly improved funding success rates and project execution efficiency. I bring over seven years of expertise in individual assistance, community services, policy, and grants management. My demonstrated experience with federal grants spans disaster and recovery efforts. Additionally, I have successfully developed, modified, coordinated, and implemented policies while managing recovery programs. With a combined 15 years of experience across various federal agencies—including Health and Human Services, the Department of the Treasury, Defense, and Homeland Security—I excel in effective communication and collaboration with colleagues, stakeholders, and nonprofit partners.”

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Emergency Management Specialist/Monitoring Specialist

FEMA, Hazard Mitigation, BRIC
05.2020 - Current
  • Increased public awareness on disaster preparedness through the development of educational materials and outreach activities.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to prepare plans and procedures to respond to emergency scenarios.
  • Serve as a liaison to collaborate with various divisions in the Agency to facilitate effective communication, streamline processes and ensure seamless coordination.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to address monitoring gaps and implement corrective actions.
  • Respond to a wide range of non-disaster grants program related inquiries from the FEMA Regional offices. Incoming policy questions, audits, and variety of correspondence and inquiries by members of Congress, The White House, key States, Tribal, Local officials, and public interest groups which involve research and policy/regulations review.
  • Monitor to assure, awarded projects proceed in a manner consistent with approved objectives, costs, and schedules.
  • Research and interpret Mitigation policies and directives and disseminating resultant the information through oral and written guidance

Emergency Management Specialist/Program Specialist

FEMA
10.2016 - 05.2020
  • Increased public awareness on disaster preparedness through the development of educational materials and outreach activities.
  • Managed over $300 Million plus in Grant funding.
  • Coordinated and support the implementation of disaster recovery services and grant programs which include, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, Disaster Legal Services, Crisis Counseling Assistance, and Disaster Case Management Grant Program.
  • Provide technical assistance to FEMA Regional Offices, State, Tribe, Territory, and nonfederal entity, to ensure proper monitoring of disaster awards and timely close out of the grants
  • Managed grant applications for funding support, securing resources necessary for successful program implementation.
  • Evaluated emergency management policies, identifying areas for improvement and suggesting actionable solutions.
  • Participate with all FEMA Regional Offices for grant monitoring and conducts, Disaster Case Management & Regular Services Grant site visits, to provide oversight visits as required.
  • One of the 2 senior specialist that monitored the Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP) to support disaster-related mental health assistance and training activities in areas that have received a Presidential major disaster declaration.
  • Interpret regulations for the States, FEMA field offices, and professional organizations with respect to analysis or implementation of comprehensive program activities relating to the multifaceted disaster related efficiency initiatives required by various national program legislation or directives.
  • Facilitated collaboration between multiple agencies involved in emergency management, fostering a coordinated approach to crisis situations.

Grants Management Specialist

Dept Of Defense /Assistance Agreements Branch
07.2015 - 10.2016
  • Managed the grant application process, resulting in a higher success rate and more funds secured.
  • Coordinated post-award activities such as contract negotiation, implementation planning, and progress monitoring for successful project execution.
  • · Plan and conduct a variety of analytical studies, reviews, and trend analysis of assistance policies and procedures of all awarding units in or to perform cost analysis on applicant's budget proposal determining; Allowable, Allocable, Reasonable & Necessary costs.
  • Assisted in the preparation of annual budgets by forecasting grant revenue based on historical data and current trends.
  • Identified opportunities for continuous improvement within the grants management process, implementing changes as necessary.
  • Streamlined grant management processes by implementing efficient tracking systems and procedures.
  • Provided expert guidance on fiscal management of grants to program staff, improving overall efficiency and effectiveness of funded projects.

Grants Program Specialist

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
04.2006 - 07.2015
  • Received incoming phone calls and contact form submissions and provided timely responses to inquiries.
  • Manage an individual portfolio of T32 and F32 NRSA grants
  • Improved overall program effectiveness through comprehensive data analysis and evaluation of key performance indicators.
  • · Manage and Track data in the IMPAC II, PMA, QVR, X Train, EGRANTS system and in other databases.
  • · Managed and tracked a complex grants portfolio, which included T32, F32, F 31, fellowship research and training grant awards.
  • Conducted thorough needs assessments to identify gaps in service delivery and inform program development efforts.
  • Evaluated program operations, successes and deficiencies to identify concerns and recommend strategies to enhance processes and elevate results.


Education

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Community College of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Overbrook High School
Philadelphia, PA

Skills

  • Hazard mitigation
  • Crisis Management
  • Emergency planning
  • Disaster Response
  • Interagency collaboration
  • Contingency Planning
  • Strategic Planning
  • Disaster planning
  • Emergency Operations
  • Community Relations
  • Funding procurement

Accomplishments

  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
  • Collaborated with team of over 20 persons in the development of new FEMA grants database.
  • Served as acting Supervised for team of 5 staff members.
  • Collaborated with Systems team in the development of FEMAGO database.
  • Achieved through effectively helping with vetting new signature authority employees.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking FEMAGO helpdesk tickets spreadsheets.
  • Completed the FEMA's Fiscal and Procurement Law Course.
  • Completed FQN 425 (002) – Simplified Acquisition Procedures 5-day course.

Certification

  • Management Concepts Grants Management Federal Track
  • Management Concepts Contracting Officer's Representative Course certificate

Timeline

Emergency Management Specialist/Monitoring Specialist

FEMA, Hazard Mitigation, BRIC
05.2020 - Current

Emergency Management Specialist/Program Specialist

FEMA
10.2016 - 05.2020

Grants Management Specialist

Dept Of Defense /Assistance Agreements Branch
07.2015 - 10.2016

Grants Program Specialist

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
04.2006 - 07.2015

University of Maryland - College Park

Community College of Philadelphia

Overbrook High School

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