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Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC City of Santa Ana | RFQ 21- 093 <br /> Revised Proposal <br />Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this proposal or quotation. <br />56 <br />David Barth, MPA <br />Mr. Barth’s Outstanding Qualifications for State & Local Grants Compliance Subject Matter <br />Expert <br />Dave will advise on all requirements of the ARPA/SLFRF award. He has over twenty years of experience <br />with grants and financial management systems and over forty years of experience working with state <br />governments focused on financial management solutions and advisory services. He leads multiple state <br />government engagements supporting disaster recovery activities, FEMA compliance monitoring and <br />CARES Act and ARPA support. He has extensive experience with governmental business operations <br />and is considered a subject matter expert in many fields within the firm. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, <br />he was the Director of Budget and Finance for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection <br />and was responsible for the overall financial management of the Department’s operating budget, federal <br />grant programs and special revenue funding; and negotiating the Department’s indirect cost rate with US <br />Environmental Protection Agency. <br />Relevant Experience <br />CalHFA – HRC Mortgage Relief Program – Serves as a Subject Matter Expert providing California <br />Housing Finance Authority (CalHFA) and its subrecipient agency California Homeowners Relief <br />Corporation (HRC) manage the State’s Mortgage Relief Program funded through the ARPA – <br />Homeowners Assistance Fund appropriations representing approximately $1.1 billion. Dave’s specific <br />focus is to provide 2 CFR 200 compliance support and eligibility determinations along with the evaluation <br />of HRC’s Policies and Procedures for federal program compliance. <br />Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District – Serves as a Subject Matter Expert assisting <br />the District’s with eligibility determinations of its COVID response activities associated with FEMA’s Public <br />Assistance Program. Key aspects of the work involve the coordination between the District, CalOES and <br />FEMA; and the submission on project documentation through FEMA’s Grants Portal. <br />Marin County – Disaster Cost Recovery – Serves as a Subject Matter Expert supporting the Grant <br />Thornton’s team working with the County to develop its COVID response program including emergency <br />food distribution; non-congregant housing; COVID testing; and vaccine distribution. Key aspects of the <br />work involve the coordination between the County, CalOES and FEMA; the submission on project <br />documentation through FEMA’s Grants Portal; and validating claimed costs within the requirements of 2 <br />CFR 200 and FEMA’s Public Assistance Guide. <br />New Castle County CRF Subrecipient Monitoring – Serves as the Engagement Director with New <br />Castle County as a direct recipient of CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund. His responsibilities serve to <br />support the County with the review of the County program guidance, its system of internal controls, <br />subrecipient risk assessment and subrecipient monitoring and reporting. <br />Southern California Regional Rail Authority - Metrolink – Served as the Engagement Director and <br />Project Manager supporting Metrolink’s compliance with federal requirements under the CARES Act. <br />Metrolink represents the centralized transportation agency in southern California for Los Angeles, <br />Orange, Riverside, Ventura and San Bernardino Counties. The focus of Grant Thornton’s work is the <br />development of funding strategies on the use of CARES Act monies specifically from the Federal Transit <br />Authority (FTA) and FEMA. <br />COVID - CARES Act Implementation – Served as the Engagement Director for ten different Healthcare <br />– FEMA clients including WellSpan Health, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Grant View Health, Indiana University <br />Health, St. Francis Healthcare System, Geisinger Health, AtlantiCare Health, Beebe Health, Doylestown <br />Hospital and AHRC. His responsibilities included the coordination between Grant Thornton grants <br />management specialists (FEMA) and the commercial healthcare practitioners. The focus of the integrated <br />services was to address healthcare systems’ response to the treatment of COVID patients; compliance <br />with federal requirements and maximizing federal funding through the Provider Relief Fund. <br />Florida Division of Emergency Management - Serves as the Engagement Director supporting the State <br />of Florida recovery from the impacts of Hurricanes Irma and Michael, monitoring compliance with FEMA