Aleena Blankenship

Grants Accountant at Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Aleena came to GMRI in April of 2022 where she collaborates with the Finance and Administration team to steward funding awards to the best possible extent, primarily working on the post-award side of the grants process, drawing money from various sources and providing internal and external financial reports as needed.

After graduating from Brunswick High School, Aleena took a gap year to participate in an AmeriCorps program called City Year New York in New York City. Post gap year, she attended and graduated with a BA from Clark University in Worcester, MA with a major in Management and a minor in Music, where she played the cello.

Prior to GMRI, Aleena was the Financial Coordinator at Gateway Community Services Maine, a sub-recipient of GMRI and NASA’s Real World Real Science award and before that, worked at Portland-based fundraising consulting firm, Demont & Associates.

Timeline

  • Grants Accountant

    Current role