Developing and Defining Grant Results
August 5, 2025; 10 a.m. (Mountain)
Strong grant proposals don’t just tell a good story—they clearly define the results that will be achieved. Join us for a practical webinar designed to help tribal tourism professionals and Native organizations develop clear, measurable, and meaningful grant results. You’ll learn about different types and layers of results, how to strengthen individual results and the collection of results defined in a grant, and processes and tools for brainstorming and planning results for federal proposals. Whether you’re new to grant writing or looking to sharpen your skills, this session will help you build credibility with funders, prevent grant delivery problems related to unrealistic results, and better communicate the impact of your work.
Aly Sanchez, GPC – Director of Strategy and Organizational Development, The Grant Plant
Aly has more than two decades of grant writing experience including planning, request preparation, and reporting for complex private, state, and federal awards. In addition to direct proposal preparation, she specializes in proposal strategy development, project design, and staff and organizational development for The Grant Plant. Aly also leads the company’s capacity-building services, in which she develops learning materials, workshops, and trainings. Aly holds a BA in Psychology and an MBA focused on executive leadership.
Laurel Meister Schmuck, GPC – Senior Resource Development Officer, The Grant Plant
Laurel crafts competitive funding proposals, manages client portfolios, and helps grow local grant seeking capacity. Previously, she served as the Development Manager for Explora Children’s Museum, helping secure important grant funding and individual donations. Laurel is a graduate of Leadership Albuquerque, Pivotal New Mexico’s grant writing Talent Academy, and served as a 2016 Fulbright Teaching Assistant in Weimar, Germany. With a BA in English from Trinity University, Laurel is passionate about language and the craft of writing.
Hannah Peterson – Program Development Director, American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA)
Hannah Peterson is the Program Development Director for AIANTA, bringing to the role extensive experience in fundraising and program development. In her role as Program Development Director, Hannah works to advance the mission of AIANTA through strategic fundraising and program development. Hannah spent more than five years with J Murphy & Associates working as a consultant and grant writer and two years as grants manager for Urban Homeworks, Inc. For more than nine years, she worked as a paralegal working on business litigation, intellectual properties, worker’s compensation and insurance. She was raised in Anchorage, Alaska, and received a degree in English from the University of Washington, Seattle and a Master of Public Administration from Hamline University, Minnesota.