As Managing Director of Grants & Federal Affairs in the Higher Education practice, Alexis works with clients to pursue federal, state, and foundation funding, guiding faculty and staff through the proposal development and project design process in collaboration with a team of writing and content experts from McAllister & Quinn’s consultant network. Since joining the staff of McAllister & Quinn in 2020, Alexis has helped institutions of higher education win $62 million in awards from public and private funders.
Examples include:
- NJ Office of the Secretary of Higher Education’s Capital Facilities Programs;
- Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska;
- U.S. Department of Education TRiO and Title III and V Programs;
- Health Resources and Services Administration’s Graduate Psychology Education (GPE), Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET), and Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP);
- National Science Foundation’s Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Economic Development (GRANTED);
- Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program.
Additionally, Alexis has helped clients secure millions in earmark funding in support of educational infrastructure and economic development. Over the last 21 years, Alexis has drawn from her background in corporate and foundation relations to assist institutions of higher education in securing grants through the Mabee Foundation, Davis Educational Foundation, Hearst Foundations, George I. Alden Trust, and the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation, among other private funders.
Prior to joining the McAllister & Quinn staff, Alexis was a member of McAllister & Quinn’s consultant network. She collaborated with managing directors and clients to write and review competitive proposals, a large number of which resulted in funding from federal agencies including ED, NSF, NEH, DOJ, and HRSA, totaling more than $25 million. Some of these awards were “firsts” and many proved transformational for McAllister & Quinn’s clients.
Formerly, Alexis was a Development Writer before being promoted to Assistant Director of Foundation Relations for St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. She launched her career in fundraising by writing proposals for performing arts non-profits and later serving as Grants Manager for Communities in Schools of Central Texas.