Staff Responsibilities

Grants Finance

Grants Finance is responsible for the record keeping and payment processing for approximately 12,000 State and Federal grants and grant contracts each year. If you call the Office to request information on procedural or policy issues, please ask for one of our policy managers.  If you are looking for information on the financial status (allocation, payment or audit information) for a specific grant or grant contract, call or e-mail the Grant Information Specialist who is responsible for the agencies in the appropriate county.    To e-mail your contact click on his or her name. Please note, all grant contracts and all charter school grants/grant contracts are handled by one Grant Information Specialist.

Director
Margaret Zollo

Finance Policy Managers
Melissa Walters
Maria DosSantos
Sarah Martin
Valerie Kowalski

Carole Cornelius

Administrative Support

Debbie Eden

Grant
Processing Coordinator
Mary Devoss

Grant Information Specialists
David Gardner (518) 486-6032
All charter schools, all grant contracts and New York City public schools

William Cranney (518) 486-6033 and David Gardner (518) 486-6032
All counties except Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond

Document Management
Cher Decker
Dolores Delmore

Accounting Processing

Debra Barr - Supervisor
Sharon Gillis
Regina Brown
Dawn Staples

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Albany NY 12234
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