Mercedes Susi is the Assistant Director of College Grants & Sponsored Programs in the Office of College Relations at Union College. Prior to her time at Union, she worked as a grant project coordinator at the New York State Dental Foundation, a non-profit organization in Albany, NY. Her areas of specialization include aligning research and teaching interests with funding sources, data analysis and interpretation, and collaborative proposal development. She serves on Union’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and is an active member of the Council on Undergraduate Research and the National Council of University Research Administration.