Grants Analyst for the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) at the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education
Willette Brown-Fatoyinbo
Grants Analyst for the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) at the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education
Willette Brown-Fatoyinbo is a lifelong servant of public service and resource development. She shares a genuine passion for connecting organizations with resources that build capacity and sustainability for programs geared to improve how we learn, play, and thrive together.
Currently serving as a Grants Analyst, for the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) at the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education, Willette is an active member of the Emergency Response Unit. Her team oversees $76B in emergency Federal funds– allocated to institutions of higher education and students located throughout the domestic United States and U.S. territories– in response to COVID-19. She manages cross cutting departmental special projects rooted in program guidance, grants administration best practices, and emergency training strategies for thousands of Federal grantees.
Her unique, nonlinear career path connects common themes amongst the arts, human services, and educational communities with one goal in mind: To improve the human condition. She resides in Maryland with her husband, Bola; two teenagers, Asata and Jobe; and fur baby, Jedi (the doggy master of the universe).