Jill Mortali
5 Crowley Terrace, Hanover NH 03755
508-397-5138 cell
603-646-0678 work

Employment History

Director of Office of Sponsored Projects
9/2008-present, Dartmouth College, Sponsored Projects
Responsible for all administration of Dartmouth College sponsored projects portfolio of approximately $200 million per year including pre-award, post-award, cash management, compliance, training, audits and negotiation of the facilities and administrative cost rate
Manages a staff of 24, including Associate Director, 2 Assistant Directors, 1 Senior IT Manager, Pre-award Grants Officers, Post-award managers, IT support staff and Cost Analysts and Cash Managers
OSP submits proposals and accepts awards for all areas of Dartmouth including Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital, Thayer School of Engineering and Arts and Sciences
OSP provides streamlined, one stop shopping customer service for a complex portfolio of grants and contracts for research, training and public service projects. Maintains records of proposals and awards and provides critical information to senior management to support strategic planning
Director of Sponsored Programs
8/2002-7/2008 Harvard Medical School, Sponsored Programs
Responsible for Medical School research administration services, including submission of proposals and acceptance of awards ($220 million per year), negotiation of research contracts and research agreements, and research compliance activities.
Manages a staff of 11, including Associate Director, 6 Sponsored Research Administrators, one Business Analyst, a data management team and support staff
SPA submits proposals and accepts awards for research, training and public service projects. Maintains records of proposals and awards and provides critical information to senior management to support strategic planning
Director of Sponsored Programs
10/93-7/2002 University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, MA
Directed office responsible for all aspects of external funding including the development, review and approval of all applications for external funding; served as primary contact with sponsors on all matters concerning grants and contracts
Responsible for negotiation of agreements with industrial sponsors including sponsored clinical trials and basic science research agreements; directly participated in industry negotiations with the Office of Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property (Technology Transfer)
Designated as authorized official for grant applications and contracts
Assured pre-award and post award compliance with sponsor policies for $120 million in grant and contract awards
Collaborated with Chief Financial Officer and other senior fiscal staff on development and implementation of costing policies and financial processes; institutional pre-award contact for the conduct of A133 audit
Developed, coordinated and presented a training program for departmental research administrators and faculty on a wide range of topics including budget development, industry agreements and post award administration

Assistant Director, Office of Research Administration

1/92-10/93 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio

Responsible for reviewing all grant proposals for the School of Medicine; acted as authorized institutional signatory
Provided assistance to faculty in searching for potential sources of funding; responsible formaintaining information on federal and private sponsors and distributing funding announcementsto appropriate departments
Served as primary University contact for review and negotiation of industry sponsored researchagreements
Grants Specialist, Grant Accounting
1989-1992 Dartmouth College, Hanover, New
Provided direct support to faculty and staff by informing them of policies and procedures and the financial status of their grants
Served as a liaison with sponsors on post award issues, responsible for preparation and submission of all financial reports
Established account numbers, monitored expenditures, approved cost transfers and rebudgeting requests, monitored cash received from sponsors in payment for grant/contract
Provided training to faculty and staff, participated in updating training manual
Grants Specialist, Department of Psychiatry
1987-1989 University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA
  • Responsible for administration of all financial aspects of over 100 federal and state researchgrants and contracts, private gifts and departmental accounts
Developed budgets for grant applications
Monitored spending
Education
1983-1984 Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio
Bachelor Arts, Economics
Master of Arts, Economics [School Name], [City, ST]

Other Experience

Society of Research Administrators (SRA) member since 1991
National Council of University Research Administrators, 1991- present
Northeast Cost Accounting Group, conference presenter and participant
Conference presenter, NCURA Region I, 2000, 2002 and 2003, Financial Research
Administrator (FRA) conference presenter 2006
Planning Committee, NIH regional conference, Boston 2006
Institutional Representative, Federal Demonstration Partnership

References

References are available on request.