Susan Kemp is a former teenage welfare mother who became Assistant Welfare Commissioner for the State of New York. She has seen what the grants world can do - both as a recipient as well as an administrator. Appointed by Governor George E. Pataki to her position as Director of Grants Management from June 1995 to December 31, 2006, Ms. Kemp was responsible for identifying and managing the NYS Office of Children and Family Services' (OCFS) grant activities. This included requests to secure funding, award notifications, monitoring of expenditures and submission of financial reports.

She was also responsible for managing the OCFS grant information email lists which sent out grant information to over 6,000 non-profit email addresses on a daily basis. Throughout her career with OCFS she conducted presentations throughout New York State. She has trained hundreds of people how to find grant funds on the Internet as well as how to read Federal, State and private grant requests for proposals. Ms. Kemp is a member of the American Association of Grant Professionals (AAGP) and the National Grants Management Association (NGMA).