MARGUERITE McCURLEY Jenkins

Marguerite McCurley-Jenkins is an experienced Grants Analyst. Ms. McCurley-Jenkins has researched, acquired and monitored the requirements for million dollar grants from Federal, State and private entities. Based on her training and expertise in this area, Ms. McCurley-Jenkins identifies building a relationship with the grantor as key! Another important aspect, Ms. McCurley-Jenkins associates with her success in working with grants is her background in writing and following the submission guidelines of publishers and agents. Ms. McCurley-Jenkins states, “Although there are many reasons that lead to rejection in the wonderful whimsical world of publishing, failure to follow grant instructions and deadlines will lead to definite denial of a grant opportunity or more simply put, the unfortunate failure of your grant application. “ Ms. McCurley-Jenkins has recommended several grant program ideas that were accepted to improve energy efficiency when previously assigned to the Energy Division with her employer. Ms. McCurley-Jenkins has coordinated grant partnerships, tracked program expenses, written quarterly and annual labor and narrative reports, communicated, met with grant partners and in some instances presented grant program information at community meetings.

Marguerite McCurley-Jenkins believes that writing and tracking a grant is telling a great story, it’s a book in progress, meet the deadlines and Keep it Real!