All About Costs: Post-Award Primer

<p>Alesia Brody has been with NIH for over 10 years and currently serves as an Assistant Compliance Officer in the Division of Grants Compliance &amp; Oversight where she provides policy and compliance guidance to both internal and external stakeholders and manages a variety of projects including the Grants Management Professional Certification Program. Before joining OPERA, she served as a Senior Grants Management Specialist at Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) where she managed a diverse and complex grant portfolio.</p><p>Prior to joining NIH, she worked in various aspects of grants and program management including as a program officer at the American Legacy Foundation and program manager at Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools. Before relocating to the Washington metropolitan area, she worked to expand educational opportunities for domestic and international students of all ages holding positions such as: Comprehensive Support Program Tutor at Lynn University; Academic Director for Score Educational Centers; and Manager for International Fulbright Preacademic Programs at the Institute of International Education. Ms. Brody has gained invaluable experience working closely with students of various academic levels, university faculty and administrators, and government agencies throughout her professional career.</p><p>Ms. Brody received her Master of Arts in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts Boston after completing her undergraduate studies in sociology and economics. She also holds a certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Georgetown University.</p>

<p>Mr. Corey D. Taylor has 9 years of HHS grants management and cooperative agreement experience. Corey joined OPERA as an Assistant Grants Compliance Officer in the Spring of 2020 after 8 years of managing Federal grants and cooperative agreements at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a Senior Grants Management Specialist. Corey managed a portfolio of awards involving the Tribal community, State Health Departments, and Colleges and Universities conducting research based activities. Corey also served as the GrantSolutions Branch trainer for CDC contractors onboarding as Grants Management Specialist during his tenure. Corey provided grantee technical assistance which involved the administration of CDC grants and cooperative agreements utilizing the GrantSolutions database. </p><p>Prior to joining the Federal sector, Corey worked as a Senior Grants Administrator in the Health and Human Services Department at Fulton County Government. In his role, Corey managed a portfolio of faith-based and 501c3 agencies that received annual grant funds to provide a wide array of programmatic activities and services to citizens of Fulton County, Georgia. Those activities and services ranged from Housing and Homeless wrap-a-round services, Children and Youth after-school activities to providing Workforce Development Training to displaced or under-skilled citizens. Corey conducted site visits to ensure funded recipients were compliant in utilizing awarded funds to provide specific activities and services as indicated in their initial application request for funding. Corey would also provide guidance to assist funded agencies with maximizing their grant dollars that would have the most impact in providing services to citizens of Fulton County, Georgia.</p><p>Corey holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Longwood University, where he specialized in both Finance and Management.</p>

<p>Joel Snyderman is a Systems Policy Analyst in OER’s Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA), Systems Policy Branch, where he represents NIH on policy initiatives at the HHS and Federal-wide levels to ensure the successful implementation of critical systems and compliance requirements across NIH. He joined OPERA in 2010 as an Assistant Grants Compliance Officer, after working for the NIH Office of Management Assessment, where he investigated allegations of grant fraud, waste, and abuse. Mr. Snyderman began his Federal career as an Analyst with the Dallas Audit Division of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Inspector General. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Rochester, and a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the University of Michigan.</p>