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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 />48 <br />4.6 Attachment F: Resumes <br />Tamara Reynolds, MBA, PMP <br />Ms. Reynolds’ Outstanding Qualifications for Engagement Quality Reviewer <br />Ms. Reynolds is Grant Thornton’s state and local practice leader. Her team provides advisory <br />services to government entities at all levels of all types of government (e.g. public higher education <br />institutions, state agencies, county and city governments, and authorities). Ms. Reynolds brings 20+ <br />years of consulting experience, including 10+ years leading risk management (including grants <br />management) engagements. <br /> <br />Relevant Experience <br />COVID-19 Advisory Services – Ms. Reynolds leads engagements which advise public, private, and not- <br />for-profit clients in how to maximize use of federal and non-federal funding sources while retaining <br />compliance with program guidance and regulations. <br />CalHFA – HRC Mortgage Relief Program – Ms. Reynolds leads Grant Thornton’s engagement team <br />supporting the California Housing Relief Corporation (CalHRC) management of its $1.1 billion grant from <br />the ARPA Homeowners Assistance Fund. Grant Thornton is supporting CalHRC with program integrity, <br />compliance reviews, eligibility determinations, fraud risk assessment and the development of internal <br />controls for its quality assurance program. <br />Federal Grants Management & Recipient Technical Assistance – Prior to leading the State and Local <br />market, Ms. Reynolds was the Key Relationship Leader for the Department of Health and Human <br />Services (HHS). As the largest grant-making Agency in the Federal government, many projects required <br />grants management and grants recipient collaboration. Grants projects under her leadership included <br />recipient compliance reviews for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, fiscal stewardship <br />and best practices reviews of State health departments (for the CDC), technical assistance to support <br />recipients of a Traumatic Brain Injury program, and technical assistance for State recipients of the <br />PreSchool Development Grant B-5 grant program (for ACF). <br />Superstorm Sandy Emergency Grants Management – Provided emergency grants management <br />support with clients in the NJ Office of Emergency Management and NJ Environmental Infrastructure <br />Trust. Grant Thornton continues to provide oversight over grant-funded construction projects. <br /> <br />Work History <br />Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC, January 2020 - present <br /> Managing Principal, August 2020 - present <br /> Principal, January 2020 - July 2020 <br />Grant Thornton LLP, November 2003 - December 2019 <br /> Principal, August 2010 - December 2019 <br /> Senior Manager/Manager, November 2003 - July 2010. <br />General Dynamics, Manager, April 1999 - November 2003 <br />General Electric, January 1995 - April 1999 <br />Education and Certifications <br />M.B.A, Decision Analytics/Public Policy Emphasis, George Washington University <br />B.S., Management Information Systems, Pennsylvania State University <br />Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute <br />Six Sigma Blackbelt - General Electric & the American Society for Quality (ASQ) <br />Certified Group Facilitator