Cathy Harlan, M.P.A., CRA, GPC

Biography

Cathy Harlan serves as the Executive Director of the NSU Office of Sponsored Programs.  As a member of the Division of Research leadership team, she oversees a team providing high-quality support services to NSU faculty and staff in securing and managing external funding for NSU's research, service and training initiatives.  She has worked in the grants profession since 1995, where she was a proposal writer for Broward County Public Schools and Brevard Community College before joining NSU in 2006.  She holds a Masters of Public Administration, as well as the Certified Research Administrator and Grant Professional Certified credentials.   She serves as NSU’s administrative representative to the Federal Demonstration Partnership, an association of research universities, research policy organizations, and federal agencies, and is a member of the National Council of University Research Administrators and the Grant Professionals Association, where she previously served as local chapter president.