Competitive Funding Team Leader
With over 20 years of experience in politics, strategic planning, and fundraising, Ms. Nictakis and her team at Capitol Funding Solutions have an ongoing structural alliance with the Alpine Group to guide our clients through the funding capture process step-by-step and assist clients in identifying and winning competitive funding opportunities in the federal sphere.
In recognition of the need for small and mid-size organizations to access federal funds, and the lack of resources available to them, Ms. Nictakis formed Capitol Funding Solutions (a woman-owned small business) to provide the expertise and creativity necessary to build successful grant programs. Combining her experience in grant writing, strategic planning, and politics, Ms. Nictakis is a hands-on partner in building robust programs to win federal funding. She leads a team that offers a full end-to-end suite of services to develop funding strategies, position clients for success, identify grants and other funding opportunities, support proposal writing, and write compelling applications.
Ms. Nictakis’ career began in the political arena with positions in campaign management, political action committee establishment, and fundraising. She then started a business working with non-profits to rebrand, advance their mission and raise money. Her clients included corporate foundations, schools, workforce development organizations, and arts nonprofits. Recognizing the need for small and mid-size organizations to access federal funds, and the lack of resources available to them, she designed a company to provide the expertise and creativity necessary to build successful grant programs.
She works with a broad array of businesses, local and tribal governments, universities, ports, economic development groups, and non-profits across the United States to develop aggressive programs to identify and win grants and other competitive funding. With a successful track record with a wide range of federal agencies including the Economic Development Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Department of Energy and FEMA, Ms. Nictakis has won tens of millions of dollars for programming, research, infrastructure, and capital expenses.