Advisors category: Partner

Joyce is nationally recognized for her leadership in government funding strategy and has built and operates a proprietary grant education and training platform, J.E. Salazar Grant Educational Systems, which has shaped successful outcomes for local governments, higher education institutions, and corporate executives across the United States. Her work enables organizations to identify, pursue, and secure competitive funding while aligning projects with federal, state, and local priorities.

Joyce continues to integrate government grants and contracts as a core component of the capital stack, while actively monitoring and navigating shifts in public funding programs and regulatory requirements.

Recent focus and results:

• Structuring multi-million-dollar projects using government grants, Opportunity Zone funding, New Markets Tax Credits, and private equity
• Advising on public-private partnerships across assisted living, veterans housing, student housing, municipalities, and educational facilities
• Securing funding for technology research, commercialization initiatives, and public safety agencies including police and fire departments
• Aligning domestic and foreign investment capital with federal and state funding programs to accelerate project delivery

Joyce’s mission is to deploy strategic combinations of government funding, public-private partnerships, tax-advantaged capital, and equity investment to drive job creation and measurable community impact. Her success is rooted in disciplined capital planning, strategic negotiation, and execution-focused project design.

Education: B.A., Business Administration and Management, Penn State University

Megan has advised infrastructure sponsors, institutional investors, and governments on capital deployment aligned with grid constraints, regulatory frameworks, and long-term system performance. She has served as a trusted senior advisor to the U.S. Department of Defense, the World Bank, and the European Union, and has led energy and investment initiatives across more than 60 countries.

Her sector expertise spans renewables, advanced nuclear and fusion, energy security, and AI-energy convergence, including energy-intensive infrastructure such as data centers and industrial platforms. She is frequently engaged where private capital intersects with sovereign interests, multilateral finance, and national security considerations.

Recent focus and results:

• Energy-informed capital strategy for infrastructure sponsors and investors navigating grid congestion, permitting risk, and regulatory uncertainty
• Advisory on non-dilutive financing, appropriations strategy, and public-private partnerships supporting advanced energy deployment
• Leadership in trusted AI governance and certification frameworks shaping capital allocation for AI-enabled infrastructure
• Ministerial- and multilateral-level engagement across North America, Europe, and the Middle East

Education: Spelman College; University of Geneva; executive education at Harvard University, MIT, and Yale University.