Our Credentials

Three successful businesses - Funding Application Services, LLC., Leasing Resources, Inc., and Countryside Square Leasing, Inc., have combined their areas of expertise to form a truly new and innovative business named- Governmental Grants, Leasing & Funding, Inc. (GGLFI).

Ms. Brenda G. Schmitt:

• Certified Public Manager
• Certified Professional Public Buyer
• Certified Kansas CDBG Administrator
• FBI-LEEDA Grant Management Certification
• Member - American Association of Grant Professionals
• Member - Kansas Assn. Professional Public Purchasers 
• 1997 State of Kansas Purchasing Manager of the Year 
• 10 years Kansas Highway Patrol Procurement Director  
• 4 years Kansas Department of Revenue Procurement Officer 
• 5 years Kansas Bureau of Investigation  
• 1 year Shawnee County Public Works
• AS Business - Allen County Community College

Mr. Bill Mapes:

• Veteran of U.S. Army
• MBA - Webster University
• BSA - Washburn University
• CMEA - Certified Machiner and Equipment Appraiser
• ASAA - Certified by American Society of Agriculture Appraisals - USPAP Code of Ethics
• Member - NAELB Ethics Standard
• Member - 6 years, FCL Roundtable Million Dollar Producer
• Member - 4 years, KNEF Million Dollar Producer

Our staff experience and qualifications include the following:

• 20 years Banking Administration and Ownership
• 10 years Leasing Corporation Ownership
• 10 years Excavation Corporation Ownership
• 12 years Fire Fighting
• 10 years Ambulance / First Responder
• 20 years FFL - Federal Firearms License
• 4 years County Hospital Chairman of the Board
• 8 years City Government Financial Advisor and Head of Planning Committee
• 3 years Federal Medicare Administration
• and more!