Over the past 25 years, Vanessa has had a rewarding career in both the social impact and for-profit sectors and has held positions in special events, fundraising, communications, marketing and B2B sales.

Through educating, mentoring, researching and writing, Vanessa now provides a One Stop Grant Shop.

A proud member of the Grant Professionals Association, Vanessa aims to deliver a higher standard of practice within the grant writing space. When not wearing her consulting hat, Vanessa is a passionate rock and ice climber as well as the President of Climb Nova Scotia.

She is a mother to two daughters and dog mom to Arthur, the Border Collie.

Her life motto is by Marie Forleo “Everything is Figureoutable”.

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