Linda Gray, Federal Grant Specialist discusses the SBA Navigator Progran and how it benefits Abilene

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LINDA GRAY, DCL | COMMUNITY ADVOCATE | FEDERAL GRANT SPECIALIST| is a nonprofit and small business consultant with more than 25 years of experience with expertise in small business mentoring, nonprofit start-ups, nonprofit management, grant research and development for community based nonprofits and faith-based or-ganizations. She brings a legacy of community outreach and engagement experience in multiple jurisdictions. She is an instructor for Collin Community College for 7 years which she developed the syllabus and curriculum for the Nonprofit Certification Series. helped to establish more than150 start-up nonprofit organizations, guiding them through their initial set-up and launch. Developed, submitted and won $5.5 million in grant awards. She brings extensive community mobilization skills, grant writing and administration experience. Has over 25 years in nonprofit management and assisted hundreds of nonprofit organizations and Churches with technical assistance in order to earn their IRS 501(c)(3) certification. She has been involved in Community Devel-opment Block Grant City programs and HUD Affordable Housing pro-grams. Professional affiliations consist of 20 year Certified Business Mentor for SCORE, Social, Enterprise Alliance-Dallas. She has also served as a grant reviewer for the AmeriCorp, US Department of Education, HUD Fair Housing Initiative and the US Department of Justice. Awarded a grant from the Robert Woods Johnson Founda-tion pilot project called Faith in Action which provided non-medical care for the frail el-derly in their home. In 2007 received the SBA Atlanta District Disaster Perseverance Award for volunteer service during Hurricane Katrina. Professional affiliations include Founding Board Member International Women Think Tank, Atlanta GA, National Non-profit Minority Association, In 2015 received an Honorary Doctorate in Christian Lead-ership, member of IOTA Phi Lambda Sorority Psi Chapter. Married to Robert L. Gray 47 years, 3 grown daughters and 4 grandchildren.

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