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Cathy Ostmeyer
 

Cathy Ostmeyer has taught elementary school in Kansas and Texas, served as an assistant principal in Garland and a principal in Lancaster. She oversaw special programs in Forney and is currently the Federal Programs/Grant Manager at the Garland Independent School District in Garland, TX, where her duties include overseeing a number of grant programs and managing over $9 million worth of budgets within the Special Programs department.

Cathy is an Adjunct Professor for Texas A&M University-Commerce where she has taught Master's level special programs courses and a Master's level research course. In addition, she has conducted over 12 kinds of training, including a number of grant writing workshops.

Cathy earned her B.S. in Elementary Education at North Texas State University, her M.S. - Educational Administration - Elementary from Fort Hays State University in Kansas, and her Ed.D. - Educational Administration from Texas A&M Commerce. In addition to holding Texas State Board of Educator Certifications in English (Grades 1-8), Elementary-Self-Contained (Grades 1-8), Mid-Management Certificate, and Superintendent Certificate, Cathy is a Certified Grant Writer, American Grant Writers Association.

   

Donna Fernandez
  Donna is the owner of SchoolGrants.org, through which she works with public schools, charter schools, and nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S. as a consultant. She publishes the SchoolGrants Biweekly Newsletter, a popular resource among grant seekers all across the nation, and wrote the SchoolGrants Let's Write a Grant interactive CD.

In addition to her work with SchoolGrants, Donna works as the Grants Acquisition and Management Specialist at the Garland Independent School District. She has also worked in the Grants Acquisition Department for the Dallas Independent School District and as the Director of Government Resources at Texans Can!, a large charter school operator.

Donna has raised and managed over $17 million in private, state, and federal grants since 2002. As a consultant, she has presented workshops for the West Virginia Department of Education, Georgia Regional Education Service Agency, Performance Institute, BellSouth, Institute for Student Achievement, and Sandersville Technical College.

Donna has a BA in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington.

 

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