LaTonya D Harrison
LaTonya Harrison is the Director of Budgets and Grants Management at East Coast Migrant Head Start Project (ECMHSP). She manages $70 million dollars of Federal funds and $300,000 of other funding. She also assists with preparing grant applications as well as budget development. She received her Certification of Federal Grants Management while working for ECMHSP. LaTonya also oversees the interns and the apprenticeship program in the Finance Department.
Prior to joining East Coast Migrant Head Start Project, she worked for North Carolina Central University (NCCU) as an Accounting Technician. She worked with the Federal Title III funding. Prior to NCCU, she worked various jobs at Down East Partnership for Children. She started out as an Accounts Payable Specialist, then Accounting Coordinator and advanced to Contracts Management. Down East Partnership is where LaTonya found her love for Nonprofits. LaTonya also owns and operates a part time business for over 20 years, which specializes in bookkeeping and taxes.
LaTonya received her Bachelor of Science from Shaw University in Business Administration with a concentration in Business Management in 2006. In 2009 she received her Master of Science degree from Capella University in Nonprofit Management. She has also taken many accounting courses at Strayer University. LaTonya has worked in the Nonprofit accounting sector for over 15 years.
LaTonya has one daughter. When she is not working, she enjoys spending time with family, traveling and scrapbooking.