Session #2 – Troubleshooting Federal Award Challenges
December 3 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
In this second session of the two part series, attendees will learn how to request changes to Federal awards (grants and cooperative agreements), including changing key personnel, scope modifications, budget modifications, requesting carryovers, no-cost extensions, changing the Project Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI), and other common actions.
This second session has a Guidebook PDF (which retails at $29) that is included with attendance.
Tonia Brown-Kinzel, GPC, Grant Compliance Manager, The Grant Plant
Tonia has worked or volunteered as a grant writer, grant reviewer, and grant maker since 1999. Her unique combination of experience yields special insights, helping Tonia earn nearly $20 million in grants throughout her career. She is the President of the Miami Valley Chapter of the Grant Professionals Association (GPA) and a member of the National Grant Management Association. She has also served on the GPA’s Professional Education Committee since 2021 and is a GPA Approved Trainer.
Dawnielle Tehama (Moderator), Education and Business Development Director, American Indigenous Tourism Association
Dawnielle Tehama is a Modoc tourism professional and enrolled citizen of the Klamath Tribes with extensive experience in stewardship and Indigenous tourism. She currently serves as Education and Business Development Director with the American Indigenous Tourism Association, having previously assisted with strategic planning and community engagement as a Senior Associate Principal at Coraggio Group. As a DMO leader, she focused on regenerative travel and diversity initiatives.
After law school, she owned small businesses before finding her passion in tourism, where she helped form a Destination Management Organization in Southern Oregon and became a liaison to her tribe. Her career includes overseeing global marketing for the Hualapai Tribe at Grand Canyon West, developing an early economic development plan for the Hopi Tribe, and working with multiple tribal organizations including Grand Ronde, Siletz, and Klamath Tribes.
She holds a Class III gaming license in three states and has been a speaker for prestigious organizations like The World Travel and Tourism Council regarding Indigenous tourism. Dawnielle’s credentials include being a Certified Diversity Tourism Professional, Certified Autism Specialist, graduation from the Oregon Tourism Leadership Academy, and recognition as Woman of the Year from the National Tour Association. She Chairs the National Tour Association’s DEI Advisory council, is a member of the Tourism Cares Program Committee and has served as a Climate Champion within the Expedia Sustainable Destination DMO program.
In all her work, she remains dedicated to unifying stakeholder voices while promoting stewardship that sustains communities for generations.