Brandi Sanchez is the Senior Director, Community Investments at Community Foundation Tampa Bay. In this role, she serves as the point of contact for the Competitive Grants process and works with nonprofits directly to connect them to the foundation.  She most recently worked with the Florida Department of Education, where she served as the Director of Grants and Programs. She administered over five million dollars in Federal and State Grants and was a lead project manager for major Florida initiatives impacting the Division of Public Schools. Additionally, Brandi has served the Pinellas County and greater Tampa Bay communities as an Enrollment Management and Student Success administrator with the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, leading programs championed by the Florida State Legislature such as Pinellas Access to Higher Education (PATHe) and initiatives supporting the State University System’s performance-based funding metrics.

Brandi obtained her Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Florida, a Master of Education from the University of Florida, and is pursuing her doctorate at the University of South Florida.