Meredith Rynkiewicz is Vice President of Fund Development at DCLRS with more than 23 years of experience spanning the military, the intelligence community, federal consulting, government relations, and federal grant development. She specializes in helping our clients navigate complex federal funding environments by aligning grant strategy with legislative priorities, agency policy, and congressional engagement to drive results.

Since 2023 alone, Meredith and the DCLRS team have secured $67,750,000 in federal grant funding for clients across multiple federal departments, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Energy. This funding has supported workforce development, renewable energy and decarbonization projects, infrastructure improvements, climate-smart agriculture, fertilizer innovation, and sustainability initiatives, achieved through close coordination with lobbying efforts and strategic congressional support.

Meredith’s work extends beyond the grant world. She leads post-award execution to ensure funding is implemented correctly, defensibly, and in full compliance with federal requirements. Through DCLRS, she supports audit-ready execution, including procurement strategy, market research documentation, cost and price analysis aligned with 2 CFR 200, sole-source and public interest justifications, and complete agency-facing documentation packages.

She also brings deep experience in structuring public-private partnerships (P3s) and blending public and private capital to help municipalities and project sponsors reduce risk, maintain compliance, and keep complex projects moving forward.

Prior to DCLRS, Meredith worked as an independent consultant supporting capital campaigns and strategic partnerships. She previously served as a Senior Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, supporting the Office of Intelligence at the Department of Homeland Security, and at SAIC, supporting the Office of Intelligence, Nuclear Weapons Division at the Department of Energy.

Meredith is a U.S. Army disabled combat veteran who served as an Intelligence Analyst on active duty and in the Army Reserve for more than six years. She deployed to Kuwait in 2002 and entered her combat tour during the initial invasion of Baghdad in 2003, supporting stability, redevelopment, and humanitarian missions through 2004.

She earned an Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Fund Development from the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Letters, Arts, and Sciences with a minor in American Studies from The Pennsylvania State University. She is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Liberal Arts with a research thesis track at Johns Hopkins University.