TARA TOWLER
Canton,MI
Summary
Proposal Writer and Manager with extensive experience leading public and private sector proposals from opportunity review to final submission. Successfully contributed to securing over $14M in funding through persuasive content development and effective stakeholder coordination. Detail-oriented in translating complex requirements into clear, compliant responses.
Overview
1
1
Certification
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal Consultant, Proposal & Grant Operations
Bridging Care Coalition LLC
2026.04 - Current
- Lead end-to-end proposal and grant development from opportunity qualification and solicitation review through kickoff, content development, stakeholder coordination, quality assurance, and final submission readiness.
- Develop, revise, and tailor proposal narratives, executive summaries, qualifications, technical responses, requirement summaries, and supporting documents to address client needs and solicitation evaluation criteria.
- Coordinate with stakeholders and subject matter experts to gather technical and operational information, clarify requirements, resolve content gaps, and translate complex input into clear, persuasive proposal language.
- Reviewed public-sector RFPs, grant guidelines, and procurement documents to identify mandatory requirements, evaluation factors, submission instructions, forms, attachments, deadlines, and compliance risks.
- Built compliance matrices, proposal schedules, work plans, assignment trackers, and milestone calendars to organize responsibilities and ensure timely progress of multiple concurrent submissions.
- Conducted comprehensive proposal QA reviews for completeness, consistency, accuracy, compliance, formatting, responsiveness, document control, and overall submission quality.
- Use AI-enabled productivity tools to support research, content development, editing, summarization, requirements analysis, and quality-control activities while independently validating final proposal content.
- Contributed to proposal and grant efforts resulting in $4.2M in secured nonprofit education funding.
Operations & Proposal Coordinator
Moh & Sons
2018.01 - 2026.03
- Supported competitive private, state, and federal proposal efforts from opportunity identification through proposal development, coordination, review, and submission.
- Supported competitive proposal efforts contributing to more than $10M in awarded contracts.
- Developed and edited proposal sections, executive summaries, qualifications, technical supporting content, and other response materials tailored to RFP requirements and customer priorities.
- Analyzed solicitation requirements, evaluation criteria, submission instructions, prior awards, and customer needs to support compliant and competitive response development.
- Maintained proposal calendars, milestone schedules, compliance checklists, bid trackers, vendor records, and contract files to support multiple simultaneous pursuits.
- Coordinated contributor inputs and supporting documents, securing approvals and follow-ups to ensure timely proposal deliverables.
- Conducted structured quality and compliance reviews to identify and address missing requirements, content inconsistencies, and documentation gaps prior to final delivery.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Value-Driven Organizations
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI2025-12
Bachelor's Degree - Community Development
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI2024-08
Skills
- Proposal management
- RFP/RFO responses
- Public sector proposals
- Executive summaries
- Technical writing
- Compliance matrices
- Requirements analysis
- SME content development
- Content editing and QA
- Submission management
- Proposal scheduling
- AI content development
- Workflow management
- Microsoft 365 applications
- Cross-functional coordination
- Strategic development
- Documentation reporting
Personal Information
Title: PROPOSAL WRITER & MANAGER | RFP/RFO RESPONSE DEVELOPMENT | PUBLIC-SECTOR PROPOSALS
Certification
- Lean Sigma Yellow Belt
- APMP Foundations
Timeline
Principal Consultant, Proposal & Grant Operations
Bridging Care Coalition LLC
2026.04 - Current
Operations & Proposal Coordinator
Moh & Sons
2018.01 - 2026.03
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Value-Driven Organizations
Central Michigan University
Bachelor's Degree - Community Development
Central Michigan University