Kate Russell is a Senior Manager with Mauldin and Jenkins. She is a "Double Dawg" with both an undergraduate degree and a Master's in Public Administration from the University of Georgia. Kate came to M&J after ten years as a CFO and Director of Administration in Georgia state government. While with the state, Kate was responsible for overseeing the administration of nearly $80 million annually in grant funds to local government and not-for-profit agencies across Georgia. Her responsibilities included overseeing Federal funding budgets and financial reporting, grants management, federal financial and internal controls subrecipient monitoring, customer service, and program delivery and performance for a variety of state and federal funding sources, including USDOL, USDOE, and USDOD funded programs. Kate has also worked with a variety of state and local government entities on operational and organizational assessment and change management, working to design and improve internal controls, grants management practices, financial reporting processes, and assisted in updating policies and procedures to ensure state and federal regulatory compliance.