Catherine Riggs is a Senior Grants Specialist at TFG. With over two decades of experience, she has worked in multiple levels of government across the United States and with many nonprofit organizations. She began her journey in government services as an intern with Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) where she learned about the budgetary process and grant funding from the federal government. Since then, Catherine has been successful in finding funding solutions for a variety of projects in various sized cities and counties, securing over $150 million in grant funding. In addition to grant writing, Catherine has also taught various courses in grant writing for local governments and nonprofits, public policy, public administration, and federal government.
Catherine received her B.A. in History & B.S. in Political Science and her Master’s in Public Administration with concentration in political science from Jacksonville State University. She continued her graduate work at Texas A&M University where her dissertation focused on the evolution of bureaucratic structures from colonial governance in North America.