LS Business Writers employs two people. My name is Susan Layland and I am the primary grant writer. I worked as the Lead Proposal Writer for a mid-sized manufacturing firm (Accu-Sort) that secured 48 million dollars in federal funding to install bar-code scanners at 4 northeast hubs. I also worked for a non-profit organization, with my partner, Ellen Stenger, and we were part of a team that won hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant money for local, state, and federal programs. In addition to my proposal writing experience, I worked as a technical writer for more than a decade at a fortune 500 logistics company. Ellen Stenger is an education and accounting major who currently teaches keyboarding and MicroSoft Word at the post secondary level. Her ability to format proposal responses to match the grantor's request and her ability to organize and consult on budget projections is extraordinary. As an educator, and proposal developer, Ellen understands what is needed to develop program