Elizabeth Gousse Ballotte has more than 15 years of operational and organizational consulting and grant management experience. Liz specializes in development of Grant Compliance assessments and grant monitoring back office implementations across all industries and advices clients on governance matters, risk management, and compliance issues. Liz works with organizations on grant monitoring framework development, policies and procedures, internal controls and Board level compliance oversight. Lis has conducted over 500 compliance and due diligence reviews for organizations across the U.S. She has experience working on federal grants/programs including ARPA, FEMA, Hurricane Sandy, Irene and Lee. In addition, Liz has served as a Whistleblower Administrator for higher education clients. Her engagements have required her to perform internal control reviews, operational assessments, Board of Director workshops and grant compliance monitoring on a national scale. Liz supports clients in painting a full picture of their organization’s financial, operational and cultural condition and helps implement operational and financial strategies that enhance performance. She has experience in performing operational assessments that evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of an organization by reviewing strategy, policies, technology, people and structure. She is an active member of the consulting industry, combining the areas of private foundation compliance reviews and management consulting. She assists clients in developing compliance programs that meet the demands of federal, state and local regulations and prevent theft and other forms of corruption. Liz has had articles published in The NonProfit Times and the NonProfit PRO. She also has participated in leadership roles on executive forums, workshops and symposiums.