EGT Institute, Inc.’s team of experts includes:
Ms. Cathy Treviño, President
Manages and supervises EGT Institute’s team, negotiates, coordinates and ensures all contractual obligations are being met on-time and within budget. Provides overall leadership and support with evaluation implementation and continuous design improvement, data collection and analysis, technical writing, reporting, and participates in program meetings. Additionally, is charged with safeguarding all grants, and EGT Institute, Inc. operations and controls functions to ensure compliance to all federal, state and local government rules, regulations, guidelines and contractual language. Also ensures, YOUTH CONNECTION is operating 24/7 and team is providing immediate and quality customer friendly technical support to all clientele.
Dr. Tina McIntyre, Senior Researcher/Evaluator
Provide leadership, training, support and technical assistance in the areas of evaluation and grant development and design. Leads program rigorous evaluations that includes quasi-experimental designs and case studies, formative and summative evaluations including qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. Also serves as part of the grant research, writing, reporting, monitoring and project management team.
Mr. Tim Holinger, Grant Writer/Researcher/Evaluator
Supports EGT Institute’s team in conducting the full range of activities including researching, writing, preparing, submitting, and reporting on grant proposals. Primary responsibilities include grant writing, evaluation, and reporting. Provides qualitative and quantitative research analysis along with summative and formative program development and evaluation. Offers technical guidance to all clients to support meeting and exceeding objectives and outcomes of grants.
Mr. Daniel Salinas, Senior Computer Programmer
Develops and maintains a uniquely designed comprehensive educational electronic secured database, produces all customized reports and provides in-depth training and 24/7 technical support. Additionally, is responsible for ensuring YOUTH CONNECTION (GEAR UP) database is fully operational and customized towards each unique project and Project Director expectations.
Mr. Christopher Treviño, Director/IT Specialist
Responsible for overseeing and managing all daily operations, streamlining management systems, supervise and coordinator projects task. Oversees essential data functions, processes and controls to ensure all federal, state and local compliances, rules, and regulations procedures and protocols are met according to the letter of the law. Assists the Computer Programmer with maintaining YOUTH CONNECTION to ensure the secured database is fully operational 24/7. Additionally, leads all programmatic assessments which could include print and electronic survey development and dissemination, collecting, cleaning and analyzing data and completion of all U.S. Department of Education and Grants. Gov required forms and documents.
Mr. Benancio “Benny” Lozano, Technical Support
Provides support to the EGT team in collecting and cleaning data and interacts with a wide range of clients providing technical support, guidance and monitoring in regards to YOUTH CONNECTION (GEAR UP) database.
Mr. Louis Salazar, College Retention Specialist – Educational Grants and Information (EGI) Firm
Works directly with the GEAR UP program staff and the Cohort Senior and Junior students of a large North-based Texas high school to ensure students are on track of graduating high school and successfully pursuing post-secondary education, workforce, vocational training and/or military. Works with programs focused on building students college and career skills (e.g. College Career and Military Readiness, Texas Achieve, TSI, ACT, SAT, etc.) to prepare students beyond high school. Additionally, acts as the liaison between students, their parents, the GEAR UP staff, high school counselors, educators and administrators while also in charge of managing and maintaining the EGI web-based database.
Mr. Eddie Treviño, Founder
Provides overall resources development support with grant writing which includes research, marketing, outreach and presentations to new and existing clients. Additionally, supports the evaluation implementation and continuous design improvement, data collection and analysis, technical writing, reporting, participates in program meetings, troubleshooting, offers technical guidance and will overall assist with all requests that may deem necessary to ensure both programmatic and evaluation efforts are meeting and/or exceeding proposed objectives and outcomes as proposed.