Beverly Santicola, President and CEO of U.S. Government Grants, is a national training consultant with expertise in grant writing, grant administration, nonprofit leadership, project management, and community development. Since 2001 she has trained staff and volunteers from more than 2,500 nonprofit organizations throughout the United States, including government agencies, educational institutions, health care providers, churches, faith-based organizations, and other nonprofits.

Beverly is a federal grants reviewer, as well as a Certified Federal Grants Administrator. She has administered grants for numerous federal agencies, including the following:

• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - $384,695

• U.S. Department of Labor: Multi-Media Project - $375,000

• U.S. Department of Education: School to Work - $120,000

• CDBG Co-administration with KIRPC & OCRA - $84,695

• Center for Disease Control: Minority Health - $50,000

As Executive Director of a nonprofit organization from 1989 to 2001, she led several projects that won national and state awards for excellence, including the AFL-CIO National Labor-Management Award, the Work in America – Search for Excellence Award, the Best Practices Award from the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor, and the Governor’s Award for Team Excellence.

In addition to her work as a training consultant, Beverly also serves as a volunteer Executive Director for the Center for Rural Outreach & Public Services (CROPS), a grassroots initiative organized to meets the needs of rural America. She has also co-developed a model program for youth-led rural development entitled “Growing Rural.”