More than 700 people attended our National Grants Management Association Virtual Grants Training May 18-20. For those of you who were unable to attend, I addressed the entire general session attendance and referenced the many successes NGMA has experienced while acknowledging the times and the challenges we are all facing on the front lines of Grants Management. Please see an excerpt from my speech below which considering current events, I felt it would be apropos to distribute more widely. Thank you for your support of NGMA!

“What we are most proud of, is the sense of  NGMA Community we created along the way. Let it be known to all of society and the grants world that we are united in the face of challenges.

Let it also be known that regardless of who you are and what you believe, you are welcome in our NGMA Community. That,

YOU BELONG IN NGMA! Say it with me….
YOU BELONG IN NGMA”
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Andrew S. Goldschmidt, CAE
Executive Director
National Grants Management Association