YOUR EXPERT(S):

Rachel Werner

Rachel Werner, Owner and CEO of RBW Strategy, a women-owned consulting firm located in the Washington, DC Metro area. She has over 16 years of experience in the corporate, nonprofit, and public sectors. Due to her experience as a project manager, grant seeker and grant manager, she has expertise in the full lifecycle of grants activities, and currently provides fundraising, project management and strategic planning support to nonprofit, public sector and for-profit clients. Since the beginning of her career, she has helped to garner over $32 million in grants and contracts and has managed over $2 billion in grant funding.

She graduated from Vassar College with a bachelor’s in arts and received a master’s degree in Public Administration from New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service. She has also obtained a Certificate in Grants Management (2012), is a certified Project Management Professional (since 2014) and is a Certified Grants Professional (since 2010). She is actively involved in the Grant Professionals Association and regularly conducts in-person and online trainings, most notably at the Grant Professionals Association Annual Conference, the National Grants Management Association Annual Conference, CharityHowTo, Candid, Center for Nonprofit Advancement and Catalogue for Philanthropy.

Alexandra Rosenblatt

Alexandra Rosenblatt is the founder of Grants Counsel, which provides training and legal services to nonprofit organizations and local governments that receive federal grants. Alexandra works with federal grantees throughout the grant life cycle: drafting and reviewing policies and procedures, advising on compliance, and advocating for grantees in OIG investigations, agency appeals, federal court litigation, and other grant-related disputes. Alexandra also provides training on compliance and best practices.

Alexandra graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2006. Prior to founding Grants Counsel, Alexandra was a partner at a Washington, D.C. law firm.