Trudy Riley

Experience

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  University of Delaware

  Feb 2010 - Dec 2016

  Directed pre/post award administration for Office of Sponsored Programs. Responsible for the oversight of budgeting, sponsored programs, and human resources for 5 university-wide institutes, 1 research life sciences operation, 3 core facilities and primary Research Office. Managed the submission of 1600+ proposals annually with annual sponsored expenditures of $201M per year. Oversight of a suite of grant systems, including in-house and 3rd party tools. Coordinated internal and external audits. Represented the university at the Federal Demonstration Partnership and other professional organizations. Show less

  • Associate Deputy Provost, Research Administration

    Jan 2012 - Dec 2016

  • Director, Office of Sponsored Programs

    Feb 2010 - Dec 2012
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  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Feb 2017 - Dec 2018

  Executive Director

  Directed pre and non-financial post award administration for the Office of Sponsored Programs. Supervised staff of 50+ which included management staff, contracting officers, information technology staff as well as administrative staff. Oversight of the submission of 3,500 proposals and more than 4000 funding actions annually, with sponsored expenditures exceeding $900M annually. Assistant Secretary for two non-profit corporations with signature authority for the operation of the corporations under two different sets of cost principles, FAR 31.2 Commercial Cost Principles and 2 CFR 200, Uniform Guidance Cost Principles for institutions of higher education. Coordinated with two financial accounting offices regarding the management of financial post award activities Show less

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  Virginia Tech

  Jan 2019 - May 2024

  Working collaboratively across the research enterprise to develop, implement, and oversee a full-service customer-focused, and fully integrated sponsored programs office in support of a broad research portfolio of $540M. Oversight of all research administration functions for university including pre-award, contract negotiation and execution, post award and financial compliance and integrity. Ensuring through the implementation of effective processes and transparent, open communication delivery of practice, user-friendly customer service aimed at furthering research initiatives across the university, while ensuring that all compliance standards are fully maintained. Show less

  • Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation

    Jan 2019 - May 2024

  • Director, Office of Sponsored Programs

    Jan 2019 - May 2024
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  VT Research Contracting Services, LLC

  May 2022 - May 2024

  President
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  Stevens Institute of Technology

  May 2024 - now

  Director, Office of Sponsored Programs