I have two decades of experience in fund development and grant writing in the non-profit and public sectors, plus experience in strategic planning and reporting. I have experience with proposal development on a multi-million-dollar scale with private and public funding sources. I have excellent writing skills together with experience as an award-winning professional in communications, graphic design, photography and video. I was responsible for major fund development and proposal writing for the numerous plans and programs of a major Detroit-area nonprofit organization for more than ten years. I authored successful proposals to numerous federal and state agencies, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the McGregor Fund, the Ford Foundation, and other sources valued at more than $35 million. Grants covered a wide variety of agency programs including its Food Program, Center for Children, Community Arts Initiative, and the national Center for Advanced Technologies.