DIG DEEP GRANTS - Key Persons

Brad Cavender

Job Titles:
  • Sales

Cheryl Kester

Job Titles:
  • Lead Strategist

Elizabeth Stinson

Job Titles:
  • Business Development Coordinator, MIHP
You guys were a pleasure to work with and very professional. Managing the prospects is as important as managing the grants. I'm busy enough. It's good to know we are on the right track. It was a pleasure working with the Dig Deep team. They were very thorough in their research. They kept me informed during the process. I would work them again without hesitation.

Fernando Gonzalez - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operations Officer

Jan Nelson

Job Titles:
  • District Manager, Cortez Sanitation District, Colorado

John Maxwell

Job Titles:
  • Integrated Water Plan Director, HDR Engineering
I added a few new tools to my grant pursuit toolbox from the workshop that I know will be helpful.

Kerry Kemp

I added a few new tools to my grant pursuit toolbox from the workshop that I know will be helpful. Dig Deep is the most knowledgeable group of people I have met regarding funding options.

Kip Tinstman

Job Titles:
  • Finance & Operations, Norris Design
You guys were a pleasure to work with and very professional. Managing the prospects is as important as managing the grants. I'm busy enough. It's good to know we are on the right track. Tia's professional tenacity and personal touch is rare, as is her insight into the dynamic grant world.

Liane Welch

Job Titles:
  • City Manager, Bay City, Oregon
What separates Dig Deep from the crowd is their ability to strategize around highly complex and technical infrastructure and community planning projects. Tia and her team's biggest assets are their intimate knowledge of the grant world and their winning ability to network with funding agencies so the agencies are not only aware of, but become advocates for, the city's needs. Tia's advanced knowledge about the grants industry helped me hone my skills in developing proposals and reports.

Michaella Wittmann

Job Titles:
  • Director of Sustainability, HDR Inc

Nona Deideker, Sr.

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager / FERM Group Lead, HDR Engineering, Inc., Pasco Office

Peggy Hawker

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Rachel Galvan

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Manager

Rachel Hood

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, West Michigan Environmental Action Council ( WMEAC )
  • State Representative of Michigan 's 76th District
Tia is knowledgeable and skillful and immerses herself in her work because she is passionate about making a difference and she truly believes in what she does. It was a pleasure working with the Dig Deep team. They were very thorough in their research. They kept me informed during the process. I would work them again without hesitation. We included Dig Deep specifically because we know how important finding funding sources will be for the city.

Shelly Westbrook

Job Titles:
  • Foundation Director, Spectrum Health Foundation United & Kelsey Hospitals
This firm is the only one able to provide this unique set of services that provide value add +++ to building and infrastructure clients.

Tia Cavender - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer

Tim Ahrens

Job Titles:
  • Transportaion Market Manager, HDR Engineering, Inc
Dig Deep helped secure funding for several projects that enabled us to move forward with critical projects.

Tim Gross

Job Titles:
  • Professional Engineer, Civil West Engineering
Tia is an extremely bright & motivated individual, and has superior writing skills in a variety of domains.

Verena Winter

Job Titles:
  • Professional Engineer, HDR Engineering
Tia and her team's biggest assets are their intimate knowledge of the grant world and their winning ability to network with funding agencies so the agencies are not only aware of, but become advocates for, the city's needs.