"The most valuable benefit of being an NGMA member has been obtaining the CGMS.
As an increasingly reputable certification, the CGMS has helped to propel my professional
career and opened many new doors for me."

CGMS Holders (listed alphabetically by last name)

To opt out of being listed on the CGMS holder directory, email [email protected]. 

A

Elizabeth Adams, Princeton University
Nadine Addo, Georgetown Law
George Addy, Environmental Justice Foundation
Mandy Adkins, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Suzanne Adkins, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Hossana Agedew Redi, USAID
Karen Agner, CommonSpirit Health
Javed Ahmad, The Palladium Group LLC
Linus Akanoh, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Brenda Alford, Alliance for Nonprofits, Inc.
Megan Allen, Real Grant Solutions
Sheila Alvarez, SAB Consulting LLC
Louise M. Amburgey, CMS/OAGM
Denny Anderson, Houston Area Women's Center
Kathy Anderson, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Stacey Anderson-Ebener, CohnReznick
Lisa Andrew, Prevention First
Mark Andrews, Prince George's County Public Schools
Kristi Arnold, Assel Grant Services
Prince Aryee, FEMA
Angela Ash, Ash Consulting Solutions, LLC
Julie Assel, Assel Grant Services
MaryAnn Avendano, Resources Legacy Fund

B

Renae Ballard, Peoria City/County Health Department
Patrick Ballinger, ResolveSoft
Pearl Bandringa, City of Wilmington
Petra Bartella, Washoe County
Melanie Bartlett, School District of Philadelphia
Andrew Bates, Louisville Metro Government
Mary Beaty, Association of State Floodplain Managers, Inc.
Aleisha Beckum, uProfyt
Emily Beckham, North Central Texas Council of Governments - Transportation
Lori Beeler, GATU, Governor's Office of Management and Budget
Brook Belete, MWAA
Ron Benedict, The Olson Group, Ltd.
Jessica Bertram, United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.
Jerry Bertrand, Public Impact Advisors LLC
Amy Bicek-Skog, Minnesota Department of Health
Joan Birungi
Elisa Bogdan, Rowan College at Burlington County
Arlie Bonto, GTA TeleGuam
Cynthia Branch, American Medical Association
Verna Broomfield, City of Miami Beach
Lashon Brown, Valencia College
Michael Brown, DHS/Federal Emergency Management Agency
Tonia Brown-Kinzel, The Grant Plant, Inc.
Kathy Brunot, University of Alabama
Heather Brunton, West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance
Patricia Buxton, Washoe County

C

Cara Cahoon, CHAS Health
Kathryn Caler, NC Department of Health & Human Services
Kathleen Calienes, Baptist Health South Florida Foundation
Alejandro Camporreale, Ad Astra Solutions, LLC
Chanie Carlton, Bon Secours Mercy Health
Emily Carmichael, Stigler Health and Wellness Center
Charmaine Caros, King County Finance and Business Operations Division
Cynthia Carpenter
Lena Carstens, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.
Erin Castleberry, Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District
Linette Ceasar, Inova Health System
Rikitra Cephus
Karen Clackum, CDC
Robyne Clark, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
Gifty Debora Cobblah, International Association of Firefighters
Kieran Coe, Guidehouse
Alan Conway, DOC/National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
Lori Cooke, Washoe County
Alena Cooper, National Safe Skies Alliance Inc
Trina Cooper Brown, Urban League of Greater Atlanta
Bianca Costa Davis, US Department of Health & Human Services
David Cowell, Yale University
Loretta Cox, American National Red Cross
Jon Crego, Columbus Public Health
William Crosby, EisnerAmper
Fayre Crossley, Vibrant Memphis DBA Epicenter

D

Joseph D'Alessandro, School District of Philadelphia
Alexandra Kate Daniels, FEMA Region 6
Patrice Davis, Grants Works
Stephanie Dean, Dean's Results, PLLC
Tijuanna DeCoster, MCC
Gwendolene Deskins, Prince Georges County Public Schools
Wendy DeWell, Retired
Kathy Dimopoulos, City of Wilmington
Olga Dixon, DOC/National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
Naisy Dolar, Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners
Nancy Donsbach, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Elizabeth Dorton, South Carolina Department of Agriculture
Susan Durham, Louisville Metro Government
Kimberly Durkin, NIH/National Institutes of Child Health & Human Development
Kathryn Durno, Martin County Board of County Commissioners

E

Rowan Eaves, Moss Adams, LLP
Melissa Edgar, Chickasaw Nation
Gabrielle Enfield, County of Washoe
Stephanie Erickson, Helen Ross McNabb Center
Jamie Ester, HORNE

F

Diane Fahr, Valencia College
Theresa Falance
Toni Faris, Public Strategies, Inc.
Isabel Fernandez, ALL GRANTS
Lana Fernandez-Alpizar, IL Department of Children and Family Services
Jose Figueroa, ICF
Veronica Fiocco, Witt O'Brien's
Brette Fishman, U.S. Department of Education
Presepine Fleming, Inova Health System
Linda Flickinger, Ohio Office of Budget and Management
Kyle Fyock, Guidehouse
Lance Foster, U.S. Forest Service
Colleen Forrest, Railroad Commission of Texas
Cheryl Fowler, Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency
Arman Francis, U.S. Department of State
Kelly Fraser, Grant Works
Leslye Fulwider, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH)
Jocelyn Fykes, FEMA

G

Tobie Leigh Gallegos, CO Div. of Homeland Security & Emergency Mgmt
Lisa Galloway, KPMG
Vasanth Ganesan, Guidehouse
Jessica Gardner, Innovative Emergency Management
Jennifer Garrett, Weaver
LuAnn Garza, University of New England
Jace Gatzemeyer, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Carrie Gernhardt, Guidehouse
Melissa Geronimo, Inova Health System
Jenny Giang, Ernst & Young
Keith Glidewell, CFBH
Kimberly Gooding, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Barbara Gorzinski, University of Puget Sound
Bonnie Graham, The Bruman Group, PLLC
Whitney Gray, Assel Grant Services
Dan Green, Ohio EMA
Willie Green, Institute of Community Services, Inc.
Kevin Gregory, IntegrityM (Integrity Management Services, Inc.)
Lori Guerrero, Metro
Katie Guessfeld, Emergency Risk Solutions, LLC (ERS)

H

Anita Hairston, U.S. Department of Interior
Shannon Halberstadt
Matthew Hanson, Witt O'Brien's
Samantha Harmon, Najit Technologies, Inc.
Robert Harris, Organizational Development Grant Solutions
Matthew Harvey, USDA/FPAC-BC
Becky Heisinger, South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations
Paula Heller, Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC
Tiffani Herendeen, Guidehouse
Betsy Hernandez, FEMA
Amy Hewett, City of Cleveland
Vicki Hiestand, The Center for Rural Development
Dorothy Hines, Bureau of Reclamation
Dustin Hinkel, Guidehouse
Judy Hoanshelt, Seminole Tribe of Florida
George Hogan III, FEMA
Shelby Holman, Southern Imaginations, LLC
Daniel Holtz, AmpliFund / StreamLink Software
Karel Homrig, Prevention First
Regina Hopkins, Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (WMPO),
City of Wilmington, NC
Maria Howeth, Ascension Health
Laurie Hyde, Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District

I

Kristine Inman, Alaska Railroad Corp

J

Lindsey Jackson, FORVIS, LLP
Andrew Janos, Fairfax County Department of Procurement and Material Management Grants and Sponsored Programs Division
Erica Jefferies, Hillsborough County-Criminal Justice and Grants Management
Kathleen Jewett
Ambrie Johnson, Chickasaw Nation
Dawna Johnson, State of Florida
Tanya Johnson, Cherokee Nation
Staci Jones, Guidehouse
Deirdre Joseph, City of Tampa Police
Emily Judice-Hodges, Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office
Michelle Juliani, CohnReznick

K

Charles Kabanda, Infectious Diseases Institute
Deniz Karatas, Maryland Judiciary
Michael Keegan, U.S. Agency for International Development
Lynne Kelleher, Prince George's County Dept. of Public Works & Transportation
Meghan Kelly, City of Somerville, MA
Tiffany Kesslar, The Bruman Group, PLLC
Melanie Kielich, Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
Katie Kirstein, Guidehouse
Lorna Kivlehan, U.S. Department of State, CGFS/FPRA/FAFM
Kathleen Kizior, Cherry Bekaert
Jennifer Knecht, FEMA
Benjamin Kofi Quansah, BKQ Consulting LLC
Yelena Kogay, Freedom House, Inc.
Steven Kroman, Texas International Education Consortium
Susan Kuhn, West Virginia Public Service Commission

L

Dana Lagarde, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Natalie Lambert, State of Illinois
Heather Larson, Sarasota County Government
Lance Laurier, CHAS Health
Chris Lawson, Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains
Sarah Legner, HORNE LLP
Deb Lemke, Children’s Wisconsin
Jessie Lemos, J.M. Lemos Consulting LLC
Zebediah Letourneau, BerryDunn
Lisa Lewis, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Debra Littlejohn, Gaston County
Christine Lollar, Adventist Health System-West
Kara Lorduy, CHST
Constance Lucido, Washoe County, Nevada

M

Ruben Macias, AltaMed Health Services Corporation
Emily Magyar, Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners - Utilities Financial Services
Laura Mahoney, DOT/Federal Railroad Administration
Carla Makinen, Wor-Wic Community College
Deborah Maldeney, Ascension Health
Cerina Mariano, Pacific Island Health Officers’ Assoc.
Jasmine Markanday, PKS Grants & Accounting Solutions, LLC
Nick Marsters, Illinois Department of Human Services
Pilar Martinez, AmpliFund
Barbara Maskell, National Fire Protection Association
Cody Mattison, Sandy Hook Promise
Clarisse Mayuga, Guidehouse
Shelia McCartney, FEMA
Eloise McClinton, Institute of Community Services, Inc.
Glenn McCormick
David McCoy, FEMA Region 6
Beverly McFarlin, City of Houston
Jim McKay, Blake Willson Group
Elizabeth Melton
Regina G. Meza Jimenez, Chicago Department of Public Health
Henna Michalek, Deloitte
Lynn Miller (Retired)
Teresa Mitsch, The Water Research Foundation
Jim Modrick, National Park Service, Cultural Resources, Partnerships and Science
Christian Montz
Laurie Moore, ThedaCare
Gloria Moreno, Congressional District 29
Leia Morgan, CommonSpirit Health
Lori Morgan, Beaverton School District
Desiree Mosley, City of Tallahassee - Underground Utilities & Public Infrastructure
Jon Muckey, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
Teshome Muleta, Action Against Hunger USA
Shannon Mulkey
Olivia Munger, Children's National Hospital
Julie Murdock, FORVIS

N

Callie Nance, CohnReznick
Anna Naruta-Moya, State of New Mexico, Dept. of Finance & Administration,
Infrastructure Division, Federal Grants Bureau
Paula Naughton, Minnesota Department of Health
Jillian Neimeister, AmpliFund
Darcy Neuman, Shawnee Health
Emy Neuman-Javornik, Emy Neuman-Javornik PLLC
Kasie Nichols, Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Lisa Nine, FEMA
Stacey Norman, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Cherie Norris, Attorney General's Office State of Washington
Deborah Norris, Arizona Department of Administration
Geoffrey Ntosi, CMS/OAGM

O

Anna O'Connell, Office of Health Protection, Illinois Department of Public Health
Merril Oliver, Blake Willson Group
Parwiz Osmani, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
Megan Otto, Moss Adams, LLP
Akin Oyekan, Booz Allen Hamilton
Bobbi Ozanian, Assel Grant Services

P

Lorie Palm, Montana DNRC
Karen Parker, Washtenaw Community College
Debbie Parks, Ozarks Transportation Organization
Marie Paul, Broward County Government
Brian Perez, BPI
Beth Pfohl, ADAMHSCC
Carson Phillips, CohnReznick
Karen Phillips, Restore Hope
Dora Pleasant, IEM
Undria Polley, Restore America's Estuaries
Jarell Potts, Guidehouse
Denise Powell, Nemours Foundation
McKinley Posely, USDA/Foreign Agriculture Service
Maurice Preston, Guidehouse Federal

R

Renea Ramos, FEMA
Brent Ramsey, SCORE
Brenda Ramsey-Boone, DC Department of Health
Delene Rawls, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Sabrina Renteria, FSA Advisory Group
Adela Rexhepaj, AARP Foundation
Kurt Reynolds, Center for Disease Control
Carrie Richburg-Wilson, City of Richmond VA
Danielle Ritter, Chickasaw Nation
Jennifer Roberts, National Safe Skies Alliance, Inc.
Wanda I. Rodriguez Torres, ASES
Victoria Rojas, City of Miami
Abby Rollins, CohnReznick
Caroline Rubens, Appalachian Citizens Law Center
Eric Russell, ENJ PLLC
Sarah Ryman, Ernst & Young

S

Sayed Wahidullah Sadat, National Institute of Health
Terri Saltzman, Polk County BoCC
April Santos, Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners
Rachael Sawyer, Buncombe County Government
Catherine Schumer, DHS - FEMA
Joan Webb Scornaienchi, HC DrugFree
Zelalem Segano, University of Colorado
Andrea Selmon, FEMA Region 6
Joselle Shea, Office of Justice Programs
Mazhar Sheikh, Hagerty Consulting
Sara Shropshire, Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County
Darshana Shyamsunder, Forvis Mazars
Rebecca Silva, Falcón, Sánchez & Associates, PSC
Joseph Simon, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Praveen Singhal, Simple Solution
Beverly Smith, Reinhardt University
Tammy Smith, Peninsula Fiber Network
Sandy Smolnicky, Pueo Business Solutions
Katie Southard, American Heart Association
Steven Spillan, The Bruman Group, PLLC
DeMakus Staton, D&G Associates Consulting Group LLC
Lakeisa Joiner Stinson, Prince George's County Public School Strategic Planning
& Resource Management Office
Lisa Stinson, Crowe LLP
David Stockhoff, Pueo Business Solutions
Sally Stopher, Spokane County WA
Kim Swain, FORVIS, LLP
Scott Sweatman, NEW Solutions
Maria Swineford, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Carrie Swisher, Johnson County Sheriff
Fazal Syed, City of Houston
Kenneth Sylvester, Environmental Protection Agency
Linda Szwankowski, Bensenville Elementary School District 2

T

Zchalyn Tandoc, Guam Department of Education
Claire Taylor, Prince George's County Public Schools
Arisa Teasley, MCI Group | USA
Pamela Tedesco, The Arland Affiliation 
Tarin Tesfaye, Community Transit
Sherrie Thomas, Region 5 Education Service Center
Stacy Thomas, Louisiana Supreme Court
Shayna Thompson, Guidehouse, LLP
Tim Thorson, Thorson Grants LLC
Michelina Thornton, Newark Board of Education
Rosalie Tomlinson, International Association of Fire Fighters
Maria Topete, AltaMed Health Services Corporation
Nathaniel Trombley, ICF

U

Heather Uhi, Idaho State University
Sandra Urban, Witt O'Brien's

V

Anna Valdez, Witt O'Brien's
Quashaun Vallery, MCE
Will vanWisse, Jr., Maryland Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy
Carter Vick, Corgwn Consulting, LLC
Lucinda Vigil, Contractor
Debra Vizina, Wyoming Department of Health
Lydia-Angela Vollmann, Grant Our Community
Alice Vurich, City of Milpitas

W

Jen Wade, RSM
Melanie Wade, International Association of Chiefs of Police
Karen Wainscott, Community Centric Development (Greeley, CO)
Sean Walker, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
Darren Wallace, Department of Education
Claire Walter, Guidehouse
Robyn Webb, Coppell ISD 
Abigail Wheeler, Grays Harbor Transportation Authority
Mary Jean White, MJ White Consulting
Phyllis Shari White, Southern MS Planning and Development District
Leana Marie Willess, Guam Department of Education
Tabitha Wilson Forde, Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy
Jennifer Winfrey, Oklahoma Nonprofit Partners
Crystal Wolf, Akela, LLC
Joseph Wolfe, Thurston County Auditors Office
Kailee Wolterstorff, Witt O'Brien's
Tammy Woodhams, National Criminal Justice Association
Meskerem Workalemahu, National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Inc.

Y

Cheery Fe Yeban, University of Washington
Shelly Youso, University of Minnesota, Medical School
Lily Yu, University of Kansas Medical Center

Z

Timothy Zapata, FEMA
Jennifer Zarek, AmpliFund
Angela Zatlin, CohnReznick
Alexandra Ellen Zigenfus, CSA Consulting Group LLC
Wina Zorro, Jewish Family Services, Inc.

“During previous NGMA conferences, grant professionals spoke highly about the opportunity, which inspired me to grow in my profession and obtain the certification when the new exam became available…. It is my hope that having knowledge of the federal regulations will allow me to be a better resource for the grants department and the district as a whole.” (Pasadena ISD’s Stewart earns prestigious grant certification)