Online Education Presenter: Beverly Santicola

BEVERLY SANTICOLA turned an agricultural childhood and lifetime of work experiences into a purpose driven mission to grow a new generation of leaders for the future of America. She is an award-winning film producer, social entrepreneur, idea generator, problem solver, program developer, project facilitator, public speaker, and grantwriting consultant. Over the past ten years Santicola has focused her expertise and energy in the arenas of community development, youth leadership, and collaborative partnership building for government agencies, national associations, Native American Tribes, and Native Hawaiian nonprofits. Working with a team of professional grantwriters that have generated more than ONE BILLION in grant funding for clients, she has been nationally recognized for social innovation and leadership excellence by the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs in connection with the Tiwahe Initiative, as well as Encore.org as a 2010 and 2014 Purpose Prize Fellow sponsored by the Atlantic Philanthropies and John Templeton Foundation.