Management Project Manager
Resume:
Adrian C. White
Email: ******.*******@*****.***
Cell: 404-***-****
Carle Place NY11514
CAREER POSITION: Project Manager, Atlanta Ga.
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Successfully approved over $ 22 Billion Dollars of Public Assistance Grants (DR-4085-NY), 406 & 404
Hazard Mitigation, Sheltering and Temporary Essential Power (STEP) Pilot Program.
• Work with OIG to comply with various regulations which could greatly impact on the effectiveness of
Branch performance (i.e. Grants in Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Acquisitions Regulations F.A.R.,
Office of Management & Budget Circular A-110, A-87, A-122, and A-133).
• Responsible for managing the field delivery of Office of Emergency Management (OEM) disaster
assistance/loan program to public entities, businesses of all sizes, and private, non-profit organizations,
homeowners/renters (special cases) at disaster sites.
CAREER HISTORY
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (Contracted) 3/2014 – Present
Grants Management Specialist, Procurement & Grants Office 60+ hrs. Per week
United States Department of Health & Human Services (Security Clearance - Secret)
• Responsible for analyzing, evaluating, and auditing all project grant applications and programmatic
funding recommendations for conformance with program guidelines, grant regulations and center policies.
• Review and verify extramural awards and documents received from the Procurement and Grants Office
(PGO) for conformance to programmatic approvals and technical recommendations and assures the
accuracy of obligations.
• Provide consultation and technical assistance to PGO, OCFO, senior program staff and project officers to
resolve discrepancies or matters of conflict with program guidelines, regulations and policies.
• Provide coordination between Branches, Divisions and PGO for issues related to extramural funding.
• Be responsible for ensuring the appropriate and accurate resource/accounting data regarding the use of
extramural funds is captured and accurately maintained in IMPAC II.
• Review and verify award data and documentation received from program and PGO for assigned grant
programs to ensure conformance with programmatic approvals, technical recommendations, and to
determine the accuracy of the obligations in IMPAC II.
• Ensure that all review information is uploaded into the grants management system and assists with the
management and oversight of grant awards.
• Responsible for reviewing and analyzing marked-up budgets and funding documents of the funding
process for cooperative agreements and grant awards.
• Performs final closeout of assigned contracts; e.g., assures delivery, inspection and acceptance of
contractual end items and that all administrative and reporting actions have been resolved before
recommending final closeout of the contract. Works to resolve disposition of funds listed on the canceling
funds report.
New York State Office of Emergency Management (Contracted) 11/18/2012 – 1/15/2014
State Grantee of Finance - Branch 1 Long Island, DR-4085-NY Sandy 70-80 + hrs. Per wk.
(Security Clearance - Public Trust)
• Brief Regional Deputy Director of successes of Branch 1 Top-10 applicants (i.e.: Long Island Power
Authority, Nassau County, Oyster Bay, Brookhaven, and City of Long Beach).
• Assesses damages, inventories needs, writes project worksheets, maintains Case Management Files and
monitors progress of project worksheets and works closely the Office of Inspector General (OIG), FEMA
Public Assistance Coordinators, State of New York Office of Emergency Management, sub-grantees
and technical experts.
• Actively participate with high-ranking managers and staff throughout Office of Emergency Management
and other agencies involved in disaster assistance, as well as high- ranking Federal, state and local
officials in the formulation and implementation of field delivery of the Public Assistance Program, ensures
satisfactory quality of PA procedures are maintained, analyzes the Closeout process.
• Plan, direct, manage, supervise, coordinate and evaluate all aspects of disaster field operations and
Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs, Applicants Briefing & Kick-off Meetings; develop or direct
development of internal operating procedures to ensure compliance with established policy.
• Develop and provide training to all field operations staff, including reservists used periodically to support
disaster operations and temporary employees hired to meet specific staffing needs.
• Participate in meetings or presentations involving problems/issues with program delivery with the goal of
gaining compliance with regulations, policies, and procedures or to change policies and procedures to
provide more efficient program delivery.
• Evaluate project applications and supplements, including Project Worksheets involving/affecting intra and
inter-agency components, State and local governments and FEMA stakeholders from the private sector,
including developing technical language for and monitoring tracking and reporting the timely and accurate
submission of SF 90-91 amendments, final inspection reports (FIRs) and obligations/de-obligations and
other supporting documents for grant recipients/closeout.
Federal Emergency Management Agency 06/07/2011 - 10/09/2012
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Security Clearance - Public Trust) 70-80 + hrs.
Per wk.
Project Activity Coordinator & Project Specialist - DR-4021-NJ Hurricane Irene, DR-4039-NJ Tropical
Storm Lee, DR-4033-NJ Extreme Flooding, DR-1954-NJ Snow Storm, DR-4091-NC Irene, DR-1973-
GeorgiaTornados
• Participates in meetings with Grantees and sub-recipients to establish assessment of proposed recovery
projects and activities to explain Public Assistance and other federal funding disaster recovery program
rules and regulations.
• Reviews and evaluates contract activities to ensure that services provided pursuant to contracts and
grants are efficient, effective and economical (Benefit Cost Analysis).
• Review QAQC-internal procedures, operating processes updating appropriate electronic systems with
contract (EMMIE/Dashboard Request for Public Assistance) and guidelines to determine compliance with
applicable regulations and legal requirements.
• Applied knowledge of the roles and interaction of the Federal, State, and local government in responding
to disasters between the New Jersey State Police and FEMA Region II.
• Confer with FEMA Branch Infrastructure Chief, Applicant(s) and potential contractors in order to exchange
information and resolve problems relative to the negotiation and execution of contracts, as well as
compliance with executed contracts.
• Coordinate the activities of the Project Specialist II to ensure effective operations, compliance with
established standards and to recommend changes in procedures to improve the quality of (SF 90-91
Grant Application.
• Supervising a large, diverse, fluctuating workforce, assessing staff competency gaps and devising plans
to meet the staffing needs to carry out the work of the organization.
• Communicating orally, or representing the organization, in meetings with high level government officials or
private sector partners.
• Monitor ongoing disaster operations (Cat A. & B.) and pending events to ensure the reallocation of
personnel and other resources to meet changing and anticipated needs.
TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS
Emergency Management Mission Integrated Environment (EMMIE), SAM (System for Awards Management),
Microsoft Office, Excel (Pivot Table/V-Look-Up) Outlook, Power-Point, Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, FEMA
BCA (Benefit Cost Analysis), National Incident Management System (NIMS), IMPAC II, eRA Commons
EDUCATION
FEMA Emergency Management Institute 06/2011 – 12/2013
Public Assistance & Grants Management
• Public Assistance Operations I (PA Ops I), Public Assistance Operations II (PA Ops II),
• IS-120. a- An Intro to Exercises
• IS-613 Technical Writing, Federal Contracts and Mitigation Manuals
• IS-130 Exercise Evaluation & Improvement Planning
• IS-144 Telecommunication Emergency Management Response Taskforce (TERT)
• IS-200. a (ICS 200) ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
• IS-547. an Introduction to Continuity of Operations
• IS-700. a National Incident Management System (NIMS), an Introduction
• IS-800. b National Response Framework, an Introduction
• IS 403 Intro. to Individual Assistance (DF-103)
• IS 772 Individual Assistance Preliminary Damage Assessment (IA- PDA Orientation)
• IS 775 Emergency Operations Center, Management & Operations
• IS-130 Exercise Evaluation & Improvement Planning
• IS 208 State Management of Disasters
• IS 30 a. Mitigation eGrants for the Sub-Grant Applicant
• IS 31 a. Mitigation eGrants for the Grant Applicant
• IS 32 Mitigation eGrants Internal System
• IS 42 Social Media in Emergency Management
• IS 660 Intro. to Public-Private Partnerships
• IS 662 Improving Preparedness and Resilience through Public-Private Partnerships
Georgia Southern University 08/2004 – 05/2008
• Bachelor of Science: Project Management, Civil Engineering Statesboro, Georgia
& Business Finance
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