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Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC City of Santa Ana I RFQ 21- 093 Revised Proposal and authorities). Ms. Reynolds brings 20+ years of consulting experience, including 10+ years leading risk management (including grants management) engagements. • Poupee Kim, Federal Funding Compliance Supervisor. Poupee is a seasoned manager with extensive experience in providing disaster recovery, program management support and grant administration to federal, state and local governments. Her specific focus has been on Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) programs and FEMA Public Assistance funding, in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Ike, Irma and Michael. Ms. Kim has 15 years of quality control review, professional services and oversight consulting experience to state, local and federal government stakeholders. She is a Certified Internal Controls Auditor (CICA). • Dr. Christina Suthammanont, Program Controls and Standards Supervisor. Christina is a Senior Associate in Grant Thornton's Public Sector Digital Transformation and Management practice. Combined, she has twenty years' experience in higher education, customer engagement, resource optimization, and workforce analytics. She has led numerous independent and collaborative research projects, from initial documents review and data collection through analysis, reporting, and presenting to both technical and non -technical audiences. Christina has a doctorate (PhD) in quantitative political science and holds certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP). • Khiry Burke, Reporting and Data Compliance Supervisor. Khiry is a Senior Associate in Grant Thornton's Public Sector Risk Advisory and Management practice. Mr. Burke has 5+ years of experience in internal auditing, financial analysis, contracts compliance, federal grant monitoring, project database management, and support of system update/modernization. Khiry has lead teams through the Compliance Monitoring life cycle that resulted in quality deliverable submission. • David Barth, State & Local Grants Compliance Subject Matter Expert. Dave will advise on all requirements of the ARPA/SLFRF award. He has over twenty years of experience with grants and financial management systems and over forty years of experience working with state governments focused on financial management solutions and advisory services. He leads multiple state and local government engagements supporting CARES Act, ARPA and FEMA disaster recovery activities. He has extensive experience with governmental business operations and is considered a subject matter expert in many fields within the firm. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, he was the Director of Budget and Finance for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and was responsible for the overall financial management of the Department's operating budget, federal grant programs and debt funding. • Rachel Stushek, Audit Subject Matter Expert. Rachel has over 17 years of experience providing auditing support to non-profit organizations. Ms. Stushek has approximately 4 years of experience working with Federal entities. She has experience serving under audits that were performed under Government Accountability Office (GAO) "Yellow Book" auditing standards, American Institute of Public Accountants (AICPA) auditing standards, and OMB Circular A-133/uniform guidance. Rachel leads audit and assurance engagements providing quality assurance role, risk management and serves as a consultative resource for technical questions and issues for various audits, performance audits, and examinations. • Susanna Koo, Cross -Functional Expertise Support. Susanna is a Senior Associate at Grant Thornton's Public Sector Los Angeles office with over 3 years of professional management consulting experience. Ms. Koo has led projects and teams to success utilizing strategic business planning. She has a strong ability to support all business functions and prioritize tasks to execute project deliverables. • Eric Fey, Cross -Functional Expertise Support. Eric is an adaptable professional applying general government experience in the public sector while located in our Sacramento office. Eric demonstrates proven talent for analyzing problems using data, developing, and simplifying procedural improvements and operations design. He has developed a particularly strong understanding of the following areas: technical report research, writing and editing, statistical Analysis, and project management. • Tim Luzano, Senior Compliance Specialist. Mr. Luzano is a Manager with Grant Thornton Public Sector, LLC. He is an accomplished data management practitioner overseeing engagements Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this proposal or quotation. 19