FY23 A.I. How to Use the RADAR Tools to Connect Planning and Budgeting

Colleen Holforty is a Federal Grant Fiscal Data Specialist in the Resource Allocation Strategy Planning office. Along with her work on the RADAR reports, she works with a portfolio of school districts helping them apply, administer, and implement their federal entitlement grant programs.

Rob O’Donnell is the Director of School Finance at DESE. The unit that he oversees is responsible for the Chapter 70 program, charter tuition and reimbursement calculations, school choice, the End of Year Report data collection, and the development of related data reports.

Michelle Thomas is a Federal Grant Support Specialist with the Resource Allocation Strategy Planning (RASP) office. Michelle supports school districts by overseeing and administering the implementation of all Federal Entitlement grant programs.

Jay Sullivan is the Associate Commissioner for District & School Finance in the Department of Elementary & Secondary Education. In this capacity, he directs the Offices of School Finance, School Business and Regional Governance. He also oversees a variety of financial programs, including Special Education Circuit Breaker, School accounting, End of Year Financial Reporting and Auditing, Transportation, as well as federal compliance issues relative to maintenance of effort requirements and the calculation of district’s indirect cost rates. Jay has worked for the Department for over 43 years as an auditor, administrator and business manager.