Rebecca Jean-Baptiste is the Founder and President of RJB Consulting Management Group and Government Funding Gurus. She serves as the primary interface with clients in providing strategic consultation, governance support, and funding development. Rebecca has over 20 years of experience in the administration of government programs. She has secured funding and managed a variety of public programs, community development, and business partnerships.
Rebecca is a highly motivated subject matter expert in the areas of program implementation, program management, government contracting, bid and proposal preparation, federal certification, small business development, business formation, grant management, and research assessment with extensive experience in program leadership, management, and administration. She is a versatile, dynamic and results-oriented leader with a strong track record of performance in high-paced and uniquely challenging organizations. Her keen analysis, insights and team approach to drive organizational improvements and implementation of sound practices is unsurpassed. Rebecca is a strong organizer, motivator, and team player with established record of success in identifying new and emerging business opportunities. Her superior interpersonal skills, capability of resolving multiple and complex issues and motivating staff to peak performance, including her extensive administrative, operational, fiscal and program management experience makes her uniquely qualified to support the implementation of any government project.
Rebecca leverages her leadership background to achieve exceptional results by advancing group collaboration, enhancing projects through continuous process improvement, developing ideas and program strategies to meet areas of need and appropriately manage projects to accomplish desired outcomes. In some of her previous roles, Rebecca served as a Senior Executive Director and Principal Investigator of a research grant, a Grants Research Director, and a Grants Program Manager, and Business Operations Manager of federal and state programs at a governmental agency. She has led the direct implementation of a statewide grant from the U.S Department of Education on behalf of the Governor’s office.
Throughout her career, Rebecca has secured and provided financial management oversight for several grants and contracts, from federal, state, and private funders totaling over $145 million. Furthermore, she has extensive experiences in contract management, FAR compliance, federal certification (ED/WOSB, SD/VOSB, 8a, etc.), sponsored research program, regulatory compliance, database management, IT project management, program assessment and evaluation direction for sponsored projects and has developed multi-user friendly databases to collect, maintain, and report project information to grant sponsors and other key stakeholders. Rebecca worked for a governmental agency for over 15 years prior to launching her firm in 2015.

Education & Certifications:
Rebecca is a Doctoral Candidate in Public Administration at Valdosta State University; and holds a Master of Public Administration degree in Policy Analysis and Evaluation from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. Rebecca has also received professional training and certifications from leading higher education institutions including Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Georgia, Morehouse School of Medicine, Spelman College and Harvard University.