Tina Knight
About
Tina Knight is an experienced senior manager in foundation, nonprofit, higher education, and government environments. She specializes in: grantmaking expertise (competitive grants, scholarships, donor-advised fund grants, agency endowment payout management, and subaward management); fund development (foundation, corporate and individual donors); sponsored Programs Administration (federal, state, and local government funders); stewardship of funds held in the public trust (philanthropic and governmental funding); grant, contract and fund agreement development and negotiations; senior-level program, staff and budget management; policy and procedure development; board, committee and volunteer management; program development, management and evaluation; and partnership development and management.
Tina is currently the Director of Institutional Advancement & Community Relations at Oxnard College. In this role, Tina created the grants office at the college to coordinate strategic grant submissions. She is responsible for: identifying and cultivating philanthropic prospects and developing partnerships with businesses and community-based organizations to best serve OC students; developing and implementing strategies to increase employment opportunities for students and alumni; monitoring compliance with all federal, state, and local laws, relevant contractual obligations, implementing accounting and reporting standards applicable to college grants; and provide assistance in the preparation of grant performance reports submitted to grant agencies.
Prior to joining Oxnard College, Tina worked as the Contracts & Grants Manager at the County of Ventura, Human Services Agency (HSA), where she oversees the Contracts & Grants Department, which raises external funds for HSA and manages over $23 million annually in contracts to support children’s, adult and workforce development services. Tina also served as the Director of Research & Sponsored Programs at CSU Channel Islands, overseeing development, submission, administrative review & approval and institutional compliance for $5-$12 million annually in grants to the university and sub-awards from the university to partner institutions. Her experience has also included 9 years at the Ventura County Community Foundation, where she worked as Vice President, Programs & Grants, providing program development and strategic oversight and evaluation of VCCF’s grant programs. Prior to VCCF, as the Department Administrator for the Department of International Health at Boston University, Tina managed programs focused on providing education and training for public health professionals from developing countries. Later, Tina became a Project Manager and the Program & Finance Director for Sustainable Sciences Institute, a nonprofit organization that provides training, education, grants and resources for public health researchers in developing countries. She volunteered overseas doing international relief and development during the 1999 Kosovo crisis and has traveled extensively for both work and pleasure.
Tina holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Social Psychology, and is on the CNL Advisory Board in addition to being an active faculty member.