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Gayle Brett, Program Specialist <br />Ms. Brett has twenty-five ( 25+) years of experience with buying, selling and managing real <br />estate both in the private sector and also for the State of Florida in various state and federal <br />programs. Previously, she worked for Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (FDEO) in the <br />Housing and Community Development Section with the NSP & CDBG programs and also in <br />Florida Communities Trust (FCT), a land buying program that received $66 million per year to <br />assist cities and counties in purchasing property, negotiating, contracting and closing as needed. <br />Ms. Brett has six (6) years of employment in private sector real estate, and previously held both <br />a Real Estate Sales Associate and Broker license. Ms. Brett is responsible for providing program <br />administration for NSP1, NSP3, CDBG & SHIP programs in various Counties including Osceola, <br />Martin, Flagler, Putnam, Hernando and others. <br />Education/Certificates <br />Davis Productivity Award as <br />part of the team that <br />implemented State of <br />Florida's NSP 1 award <br />Professional Assoc. <br />Tallahassee Board of <br />Realtors ® (former member) <br />Natl. Assoc. of Realtors <br />(former member) <br />National Right of Way Assoc. <br />(former member) <br />Training <br />SHIP Prog. Admin. Webinar <br />HUD Prog Income & NSP <br />Admin. Strategies HUD NSP <br />Closeout Webinar <br />Annual CDBG Tr. Workshop <br />NSP 3 Appl/ Impl. Workshop <br />HUD Tr. Web-NSP1 & 3 <br />HUD Fair Housing Training <br />National Right -of -Way <br />Assoc: Leadership Skills for <br />Real Property Prof Intro.to <br />Prop. Mgmt., Real Prop. <br />Asset Mgmt./Sury <br />FI. Real Estate Assoc. & <br />Broker Licensing (not lic.) <br />FDEO e-CDBG Webinar <br />HUD DRGR Stand Reports <br />Webinar Conference <br />CDBG Projects <br />City Palm Coast; Indian <br />River, Martin, Hendry, <br />Osceola County <br />Professional highlights and duties: <br />Prior to joining Guardian in 2012, Ms. Brett worked <br />with FDEO's Housing and Community Development <br />department in the oversight and implementation of the <br />state's NSP Program. <br />She also worked with the FDEP; Division of State <br />Lands, in the Conservation and Recreation Lands <br />Program, Preservation 2000 and Florida Forever <br />Programs. <br />Ms. Brett's career has been built on good communication <br />skills and bringing her real estate expertise into streamlining <br />the state government land buying, selling and management <br />practices. <br />For our publicly funded projects, she: <br />• Reviews and edits all real estate contracts, appraisals, <br />title insurance commitments/policies, closing statements, <br />documents and mortgages. <br />• Communicates with real estate agents, brokers, banks <br />and appraisers to better assist our clients in maintaining <br />grant compliance. <br />• Attends public meetings/hearings and conducts grant <br />compliance monitoring. <br />• Develops grant required documents. <br />• Reviews/edits drafts of required agency reports: MSR, <br />MBE, Section 3, quarterly status reports and other <br />grant related reports. <br />