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Dr. Hicks provides technical assistance in quantitative and qualitative research of social programs which involves data collection and analysis, partnership development and organizational development. She gives advice on post awards grant criteria, assisting organizations with evaluations and compliance issues. As an assistant professor of higher education, most recently at North Carolina A&T State University, she taught grant writing and program development. She facilitates grant workshops for universities, faith based and non-profit organizations and has made significant contributions to the development of an environmental and humanities based nonprofit. She has also written a HUD grant and has been involved in the development of a green technology housing program.
Dr. Hicks most recent grant awards are as follows:
National Science Foundation (Medical library) awarded 2008 $150,000
City of Durham (Streetscapes/Construction) awarded June 2008 $250,000
DHHS (Jobs creation grant/Construction) awarded September 2008 $700,000
City of Raleigh Community Enhancement Program (After School Program)awarded June 2009 $75,000
City of Raleigh Arts Commission (Arts Programming) June 2009 $13,900
HUD (Housing Counseling grant) awarded October 2009 $50,000
HUD (Housing Counseling grant) awarded December 2010 $50,000
HRSA (Healthcare) awarded 2010 thru 2015 $20 Million
Dr. Hicks served as the lead grant writing and development consultant on each of the above grants working with a team to do the following:
Develop grant templates
Coordinate team meetings
Develop goals, objectives, strategies, logic model, evaluation and budgets
Dr. Hicks has helped secure over $20 million in health care, housing and social program grants.
Education
Dr. Hicks received her Doctoral Degree in Adult and Continuing Education from North Carolina State University, specializing in adult education strategies, program evaluation and community-based innovations and her Master’s degree is in Human Resource Development and Organizational Change from Bowie State University in Bowie Maryland. She enjoys helping organizations and individuals in their efforts to seek financial resources.
Dr. Randy Rowel
Assistant Professor at Morgan State University, is a health educator and researcher with 25 years of experience in areas such as, public health emergency preparedness, organizational development, capacity building, strategic planning, program development, qualitative research and evaluation, partnership and community development, communication training, multicultural and diversity training, group facilitation, community and school health education, and public health emergency preparedness. He has developed, implemented, and evaluated programs targeting groups ranging from middle school to postsecondary education. He is also founder and President of RR & Associates and cofounder of four nonprofit organizations that provide services to underserved populations.
As a grant writer for Cities in Schools, Inc., of Alexandria, VA, Dr. Rowel secured a $1.25 million, 5-year HIV prevention cooperative agreement (Teen Health Corps) funded by the Division of Adolescent School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For The Village—Virgin Islands, he assisted in the development of a $2 million, 5-year demonstration community partnership grant funded by the Centers for Substance Abuse Prevention. Dr. Rowel has also assisted several grassroots organizations obtain resources to implement programs or to build organization capacity. Asbury Broadneck United Methodist Church recently received nearly $200,00 in grants to provide outreach services to the community and to start a family center.
Mrs. Colethia Evans
An enthusiastic and tenacious sales and marketing professional with an outstanding performance record in selling and marketing hardware and software at a Fortune 100 technology company. She is a proven innovator who turns ideas into programs with repeatable processes that efficiently achieve and reproduce exceptional results. She has extensive project management and organizational skills that have been recognized for increasing revenue and market share.
In addition, Colethia’s excellent written and verbal communication skill allows her to provide clients with the proper guidance and professional presentation that is needed with each grant proposal. She has led sales training and professional development workshops internationally, and has successfully worked with companies and organizations of all sizes for more than three decades. She has numerous 100 Percent Clubs, leadership, excellence, and team awards.
Education: Bachelor’s of Arts, in Speech and Dramatic Arts, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA.
Over 5,000 hours of sales, marketing, project management, human resources management, business management, financial management, process management, team building, and professional communications.
Community Involvement:
Board member of Capital City Girls Chorus at Meredith College;
Past board member of Raleigh Little Theatre. |