Project Manager Management

LaVonne Diallo

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Grants Manager/OPERATIONS Officer

Expertise in the entire scope of grant management. Experience directing teams and subcontractors. Confident collaborating with clients and other stakeholders to address and resolve issues and achieve project goals. A reputation for quickly grasping complicated projects and completing projects within budget and timeframe. Skills include:

Outcome Management

Grant Review & Reporting

Grant Management

Regulatory Compliance

Policy Review

Volunteer Outreach

Best Practices

Membership Relations

Presentation Skills

Personnel Management

Training

Internal Controls Review

Education

Master of Public Administration (Government Management), Southeastern University - 2000

Bachelor of Arts (Mass Communications), University of the District of Columbia - 1994

NACI Clearance, 06/2014

Grant Management Experience

* Work in partnership with the Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy Drug-Free Communities Support and Mentoring Programs on administering impartial grant reviews for over 400 community-based coalitions addressing youth substance use.

* Conduct preliminary evaluation of grant applications to ensure completeness and conformance with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration requirements.

* Recruit external reviewers based on expertise in relevant disciplines, topics, and areas, as well as their overall breadth of knowledge in substance abuse and mental health administration.

* Identify potentially disqualifying conflicts of interest among committee members and grant applicants.

* Conduct webinars on evaluating grant applications and federal grant management.

* Develop a portfolio of fundable projects by analyzing the input received from external reviewers.

* Served as post award liaison between the American Red Cross and Corporation for National and Community Service, Americorps grant program.

* Responsible for the fiscal management of grants and contracts in accordance with federal government regulations (A-122, A-133 and A-102), state/local regulations, General Accepted Accounting Principles, donor requirements and organization policy.

* Ensured personnel actions and purchases agree to grantor directives and organizational policy.

* Prepared audit schedules and provided on-going financial and contractual compliance consultation to program staff.

* Monitored budget expenditures and report on variances.

* Manage grant applications for 182 awards totaling $23M in federal funding.

* Reported to executive teams on disaster funds use and its impact.

Operations Management Experience

* Contributed to FEMA/American Red Cross project teams in the development of project work plans for all Hurricane Katrina and Wilma disaster assistance funded areas.

* Mentored and lead numerous staff members in multiple departments to build the competencies necessary to execute tactical initiatives spanning membership services, academic programs, conferences, educational products, and online educational resources.

* Pushed quality past FDA requirements with closely managed performance to SOPs; audited team knowledge with specific training and mentoring.

* Oversaw membership, dues and non-dues revenues for association with over 15,000 members.

* Oversaw centralized medical school application processing service for 141 member medical school colleges and the National Residency Match Program which encompassed over 40,000 applicants.

* Assisted in advanced long term planning in the areas of technology to create numerous operational efficiencies.

* Interpret regulations to help internal clients to understand and adhere to both internal and external guidelines for plasma processing.

* Instituted stringent standards for project manager feedback, delivered executive status/risk reporting.

* Took influential role in ensuring integration and collaboration among teams.

* Drove high-level improvements to organization by building performance standards from the ground up, achieving optimal productivity in short order.

* Raised feedback ratings through constant communication; commended for vigilant cross-functional oversight affecting donor funds, aerial view of project purpose.

* Managed transitional programs on issues of accountability and transparency related to registration, regulatory compliance, internal controls, best practices and documentation.

* Implemented training programs intended to enhance grant management skills of ARC chapters and to maximize the resources committed to ARC disaster funds.

* Analyzed operational policies and processes for regulatory compliance matters allowing for participation in multiple work-places.

Employers

Review Administrator

JBS International, Inc. 2014-Present

The Department of Health and Human Services

Bethesda, MD

Program Officer

Grants Administrator

The American Red Cross 2005-2014

Washington, DC

Proprietor

Progressive Electrolysis 2004-2005

Marlow Heights, Maryland

Manager

The American Psychological Association 2001-2004

Washington, DC

Interim Assistant Director

The Association of American Medical Colleges 1998-2001

Washington, DC

Registrar Assistant

Southeastern University 1997-1998

Washington, DC

Program Coordinator

National Public Radio 1994-1997

Washington, DC

Social Services Caseworker

D. C. Department of Human Services 1993-1994

Washington, DC

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