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Melba Romero brings over 20 years of experience in publishing, technical proposal management, graphic design, and grant activity coordination specific to civil engineering disciplines such as transportation, water resources, aviation engineering and construction phase services. She has significant experience in leading and managing the grant and proposal development process from initiation to submission (on the engineering side), working closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure high-quality and compelling submittals. She is familiar with industry standards, regulations, and trends essential to the development of technically accurate and compliant submittals. She further maintains excellent writing and editing skills essential for creating compelling, persuasive, and concise grant/proposal content that clearly communicates the value proposition, differentiators, and technical capabilities of the submitting firm, agency, or municipality. As a certified TX CDBG grant writer, Melba is familiar with the grant writing process, including researching funding opportunities, understanding grant guidelines and requirements, developing compelling proposals, document coordination/organization, coordination with the various stakeholders, and submitting grant applications including the TWDB On-Line Application (OLA) portal and the Tx CDBG TDA-Go portal. Because of her deep-well of civil engineering knowledge and ability to apply critical-thinking, she is also able to identify relevant funding opportunities from various sources, including government agencies, foundations, and other funding organizations that match the infrastructure need of the client. She is further able to conduct research on relevant data, statistics, and information related to the infrastructure project being proposed in order to develop a compelling case for funding. Proposal Specialist activities include: coordination, specialty/technical writing, graphic design, graphic exhibit design, proposal aesthetics, and proposal pursuit strategic planning. Service specialties include: civil engineering, construction, federal, transportation, aviation, k-12, higher-ed, commercial, industrial, residential, multi-family, real estate, healthcare, roadway, water/wastewater, landscape architecture, and land development. Melba is also the creater/owner/publisher of New Braunfels Lifestyle Magazine. www.nblifestylemagazine.com