Item 31 - Contract to Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC for American Rescue Plan Act

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Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC City of Santa Ana | RFQ 21- 093 Revised Proposal Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this proposal or quotation. 50 Poupée Kim, CICA Ms. Kim’s Outstanding Qualifications for Federal Funding Compliance Supervisor Poupée Kim 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). Relevant Experience U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Administration, Office of Emergency Management, Diplomatic Continuity Program – Ms. Kim serves as a Senior Analyst lead to support the team in providing Risk Analysis, Business Process Analysis, and Business Impact Analysis for the Bureau of Administration for the Department of State (DoS). Ms. Kim helps infuse risk management in the process of identifying, collecting and analyzing mission essential functions (MEFs) on the Business Process Analysis/Business Impact Analysis (BPA/BIA) process, as proscribed by Federal Continuity Directives 1 and 2. The update and validation of essential functions includes conducting a comprehensive BPA to understand those processes necessary to the performance of organizational functions and requirements and also includes conducting a BIA to identify potential impacts on the performance of essential functions and the consequences of failure to sustain them. COVID-19/CARES Act Implementation – Ms. Kim serves as a FEMA lead under the COVID-19 Emergency Presidential Declaration. As a Subject Matter Expert (SME), Ms. Kim aids in managing claims to recover eligible expenses and lost revenues from COVID-19 with primary focus on recoveries from insurance, the CARES Act and FEMA Category B – Emergency Protective Measures. She assists in the development and review of Elements of Essential Information (EEI), Dimension and Description of Damages (DDD) and Scope of Work (SOW) for input into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA’s) Grants Portal. Ms. Kim also supports the collaboration with healthcare professionals to identify and quantify other available funding sources (e.g. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Private Insurance, and related entities). She collaboratively develops monitoring and compliance approaches intended to assist in maintaining documentation and securing appropriate reimbursement. She is also responsible for project management and driving the key work stream activities and deliverables to meet project objectives. California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) – Ms. Kim served as a Grants Management Subject Matter Expertise (SME) on HCD’s CDBG and CDBG-DR program funds that were approved by HUD and allocated to the State of California to address unmet long-term recovery needs arising from damage caused by the 2017 wildfires, flooding, mudflows, and debris flows. She was responsible for the grant program requirements, business rules and processes, procedures, and internal controls to support the implementation of the grants management system. She supported the prime contractor through all Project Management Office (PMO) work-stream activities including the Project Implementation Plan, Validated Requirements Report, Gap Analysis and Configuration Plan of the system to match HCD’s workflows. Florida Division of Emergency Management (DEM) Grants Management (Hurricane Irma) – Ms. Kim serves as the Project Manager responsible for providing comprehensive grants management services for Hurricane Irma (DR-4337) on behalf of the State of Florida and oversees Grant Thornton’s grants management staff. Ms. Kim manages a team of 30+ professionals in their provision of compliance services while guiding Subrecipients through validation, reimbursement, closeout processes and timely deliverables. Ms. Kim manages the workflow of the Recipient Final Review approval for assigned PWs, coordinates the contract execution of subgrant agreements, and conducts the validation of cost documentation and expense support and reimbursement processes along with quarterly reporting and PW closeouts for small and large projects. Ms. Kim is also responsible for onboarding new team members and oversees the training and procedure process.