Nicole Ross

VP, Program Manager @Lendistry

Los Angeles, CA, US

Notable Projects:• LA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILDFIRE RECOVERY GRANT - part of the team responsible for disbursing $5M to over 400 Small Businesses impacted by the Palisades and Eaton Wildfires (2025)• LA COUNTY BUSINESS INTERRUPTION FUND (BIF) GRANT PROGRAM - part of a team responsible for disbursing $4M to over 300 Small Businesses impacted by the Hollywood Double Strikes (2024)• CA RISE (Regional Initiative for Social Enterprise) GRANT PROGRAM - part of a team responsible for disbursing $25M to a pilot cohort of 60 high-impact Economic Social Enterprise (ESEs) organizations (2023)• ILLINOIS NEW BIZ GRANT PROGRAM - part of a team responsible for disbursing more than $25M to over 900 Small Businesses (2023)• NY COVID Recovery Grant Program - facilitated disbursement of $800M to small businesses, in partnership with Empire State Development.(20••••22)• PA CARES COVID-19 Grant Program - facilitated disbursement of $290M to small businesses, in partnership with 17 statewide CDFI partners and five individual county-led grant programs at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)Daily Responsibilities:• Manage and supervise administrative and daily program operations, ensuring compliance with relevant policies and regulations.• Develop creative solutions to critical customer and user needs.• Demonstrate strong writing and presentation skills to develop briefs, memorandums, and analytical reports for clients.• Interact with customers and clients to identify business needs and requirements.• Collaborate with business leadership to set priorities based on business needs, resource capacity, and risk exposure.• Research industry best practices in support of training development and program content.• Leverage project management processes and tools to define and execute projects.• Develop and maintain logistics workflows, procedures, and reports to ensure efficient operations.• Designed and developed programs and projects for dissemination to personnel.