“When writing a grant for an organization, one of the biggest challenges is helping people develop a project design where one is lacking. Karla Sartin has an incredible ability to help other people establish a plan and to think outside of the box, which results in a more well thought out, more comprehensive project design and narrative. Karla has a deep understanding of taking knowledge of grant priorities and requirements and drawing just the right information and details out of the client. Her obsession with creating and improving processes gives structure to this aspect of grant writing, and is perhaps the most critical key to repeated funding success.”
Casey S. Rossetti, TANDBERG, National Grant Programs Manager
Development Client
“Karla consistently leads our clients to find better ways of doing business – saving them money. Her workshops are entertaining, interactive and insightful. We are exceedingly pleased with Karla’s results.”
Christopher Morrel, Business Development Executive, NSAI, Inc.
Development Client
“When DataTitan first engaged Karla for consulting services, we did not have a clear vision of what we hoped to achieve. Karla resolved this by first learning and examining how our company works, how we operate as a business as well as learning our unique idiosyncrasies. Given the complexities of web application and software development, understanding what we do can be daunting; however, Karla quickly grabbed onto our work flow and immediately understood how we work. She then began asking not only the right questions but pointed questions we had not considered.... Karla’s incredible insight was apparent immediately. Where we struggled with personnel issues, she looked at our business model and began providing new approaches to solve the problems. Here ideas were implemented and over several months results became obvious. Where we sought to gain efficiencies, she provided options that helped us increase productivity using tools yielding measurable ROI. Where we needed guidance and direction, Karla provided key insight and direction we had not considered. She provided invaluable input that helped us understand better what our customers were looking for…and made us a more responsive company. As a result of Karla’s work, the value of our products and services has increased…both in effectiveness and timeliness to our customers…and we have Karla to thank.
Karla taught us how to examine the “bigger picture,” helping establish our value and showing new techniques to guide and instruct our customers in understanding both our value and ROI. Karla’s insight, experience and honesty has guided our company to become more productive (by reducing costs and increasing production), as well as helping us offer better choices for our customers. We will continue to take advantage of Karla’s service and we recommend her company without reservation.”
John Tomblin, CEO, DataTitan
Coaching Client
“I found Mrs. Sartin to be an extremely diligent, thoughtful person. In that, I mean that she took great care to learn and understand what I needed for her to create for my business. She has strong creative talent as well as articulate verbal expression. Furthermore, her accommodating nature made her a very pleasant individual to work with and I am confident that you will have the same experience.”
Thao M. Phan, M.A., M.S.
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate
Business & Marketing Coaching Client
“Karla Sartin has provided Kerrville Independent School District with successful grant writing services that have led to grant awards totaling over $596,000 in the last three years.
Her all-encompassing experience with school districts and public school foundations make her the ideal professional to pursue a multitude of funding opportunities.
From the moment she discovers a grant ideal for a client, through the application process and far after the project has ended, Karla’s cemented relationship with clients stands firm. She continues to use her innate abilities to spot future grants for all clients and wastes no time in working toward pursuing or winning additional awards.
Eyes always open to new opportunities; Karla continually passes additional grant opportunities on to her clients. She never stops thinking about or assisting her clients with true interest and sincerity.
Best of all, she is easy to work with. She can step into a room full of strangers and instantly gain their trust. Her uncanny ability to make complicated grant applications understandable to even the most novice foundation or school board member is a plus. Vivacious, competitively priced, Karla’s extensive talents are a sound investment. She can save a district hours of staff time by cutting right to the chase in unearthing potential grants and then efficiently and expertly completing the grant, always on time and on budget. Allowing her to do what she does best frees organizations from hours of wasted time and efforts in a jungle of grant areas Karla can easily weed through.
Professional and thorough at all times, Karla Sartin is not only the most capable grant writer our district has worked with but also truly concerned with the needs and future of her clients. As a perfectionist, she spares no expense in getting her work right, even when it works in her deficit.
I have enjoyed the few projects through KISD and the Kerrville Public School Foundation that I’ve had the pleasure to work with her on and I look forward to many other opportunities to learn from this talented businesswoman. ”
Lisa S. Winters
Public Information Specialist
Kerrville ISD
Development Client
“Karla Sartin is well-known for writing award winning grants. She brings a wealth of experience to her clients and willingly uses her knowledge and expertise to research the availability of grants and match them to the needs of her clients. When I recommend her to a client, I know she will utilize all of her grant-writing skills to assist them in obtaining grant funds.”
Elaine Free, Ed.D., Education Foundation Consultant, Successful Ways, Inc.
Development Colleague
“I wholeheartedly recommend Karla W. Sartin as a grant writer, mediator, and business process coach. Our office has personally benefited from her grant-writing expertise, and Karla also contributed to our programs through her expertise as a volunteer mediator. In addition, I have personal knowledge of her helpful assistance as a business process coach for both start-up and established services businesses.
Karla successfully authored the first-ever grant request submitted by the Hill Country ADR Center, which is a non-profit mediation service. Her grant request raised $9,000 to help us introduce Peer Mediation to elementary school children throughout the Texas Hill Country. The success of a first-time endeavor is remarkable in itself, and that success is attributable primarily to the extraordinary skill and experience which Karla brought to this very worthwhile initiative.
Karla brings a remarkable focus and energy to each project. She is the hardest-working and most intelligent and creative business owner that I know. Often she has an electronic draft working paper delivered within mere hours of coming to a conceptual agreement on the phone.”
J. Edward Reaves, Jr., J.D., Executive Director, Hill Country
Alternative Dispute Resolution Center
Development Client
“A little sassy, a little brassy, and exceptionally capable. Karla knows the difference between theory and performance....She drives for results.”
Kent Hemingson
Quality Management Consortium Faculty Director
The University of Texas at Austin
Development Colleague
“Karla is one of the finest, kindest, intelligent, creative persons I have ever known. She became my business manager for three years and was able to coach me through all of my “computer phobia.” She was able to set up my website and all the related information. She and I have worked together on grants; she wrote them and I acted as evaluator. Karla is able to handle work on many different levels and be successful on emotional, personal, and financial levels. She is respected throughout her home community, on school, local, and county levels. Her advice is solicited on local and state level issues. She is able to share knowledge with others less experienced than herself and is a team player. She was a successful executive with Dell Computer when she retired to start her business. She has periodically been recruited to do consulting work and training in a variety of Fortune 500 corporations. She is clear in assessing in what each person or organization needs.”
Elizabeth R. Langston, M.Ed., LPC
Coaching Client
“As a 29-year veteran executive of Texas Instruments, VTEL Corporation, and now AT&T, I have had the occasion to work with multiple executive and professional coaches. As a 14-year seated school board member for the Round Rock Independent School District who regularly lectures at state and regional conventions, I have had the opportunity to work with many school boards and often executive coaches who have been contracted to help them overcome various challenges. Based on these experiences and my personal knowledge of Karla Sartin’s desire to engage as a community volunteer, I strongly recommend her as an executive and professional coach. She exhibits outstanding people skills (communication, personality, and ability to meet team objectives) to create a sense of accomplishment for her clients. I have observed her and have specific knowledge of her work in this capacity. She exhibits maturity and professionalism in every aspect of her work. Her sense of personal and professional integrity is one of her strengths. I have no reservations about Karla Sartin’s intellectual acumen, and after you have briefly worked with her, you will concur that she ranks among the brightest.”
Raymond Hartfield
ACCtion for Education, co-chair
Round Rock ISD Board of Trustees, 1994-2008
Greater Williamson County YMCA Board of Directors
Development Colleague
“Quantified Consulting was pivotal in our winning an important $2M grant this past winter. Karla and her team understand the coalition-building process necessary for competitive proposals, and their high level of expertise in grant-development led to a successful application that will move our organization and our region forward in important ways.”
Robert L. Musgrove, Ph.D.
President, Pine Technical College
“We were very pleased with the grant workshop Karla led for our district. She is very knowledgeable and provides practical, insightful information for writing successful grants.”
Dawn Parnell
Executive Director
Killeen ISD Education Foundation
