Jennifer Butler
- Partner, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
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Jennifer Butler is a Partner in the firm and the leads the Government Sector Services for advisory. With over 20 years of experience in executive leadership roles, Jennifer has significant experience in grants management, managing federal programs, supporting the recovery from disasters and starting non-profits to operationalize and become stable and self-sustaining.
Jennifer excels in federal grant administration, contract compliance, federal regulations, grant writing, subrecipient monitoring, and financial management. Her leadership in administering federal funds spans various large-scale federal funding sources such as the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Additionally, she has deep experience with disaster recovery programs, including FEMA, RESTORE Act, CARES Act, American Rescue Plan Act, Homeland Security funding, and HUD CDBG grants. She has led non-profit start-up activities, managing operations and technology implementation, resource planning, federal indirect cost negotiations and managed being both a recipient of federal funds as well as running grant programs for subrecipients.
Prior to joining the firm, Jennifer was a Director at Postlethwaite & Netterville (P&N), a leading full-service accounting and business advisory firm.
Specialties
- Federal Grants & Compliance
- Grant Writing
- Disaster Management
- Large-Scale Program Management
- Non-Profit
Credentials & Education
- Oklahoma City University: BS, History
- University of Connecticut: MS, Homeland Security Leadership,
- Masters Certificate in Federal Grant Management
- Associate Certificate in Federal Contracting
Affiliations
- International Association of Emergency Managers
- Louisiana Emergency Preparedness Association
- National Grant Management Association
- National Emergency Management Association
