# Grants Council Reviewer Nominations: Season 4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elections\ **Tags:** season-4\ **Created:** [May 10, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/grants-council-reviewer-nominations-season-4/5978 "2023-05-10T22:15:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![katie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/katie/32/5184_2.png) [@katie](https://gov.optimism.io/u/katie)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/grants-council-reviewer-nominations-season-4/5978/2 "2023-05-10T23:10:59Z")
Hi everyone! Happy to be the first to apply! ### **Council Reviewer Self-Nomination Template** **Council sub-committee:** Growth **If you are a delegate, please provide the link to your delegate commitment:** > [@Delegate Commitments \[OLD\]](https://gov.optimism.io/t/delegate-commitments/235/18): > > Name: Katie Address or ENS: 0x75536CF4f01c2bFa528F5c74DdC1232Db3aF3Ee5 Discord username: katiegarcia#4914 Verification (Tally profile): [Tally Profile](https://www.tally.xyz/voter/profile/18DZQ1) I have read and understood the Delegate Commitment Process: Yes I understand that becoming a delegate is a significant commitment: Yes My reasons for wanting to be a delegate: As a long time member of MakerDAO and former employee of the Maker Foundation, I have extensive interest and experience in governance. I thoroughly enjoy participating … **If you are a delegate, please indicate what % of votable supply is delegated to you:** 1.8% **If you are a delegate, please indicate your voting participation rate in OP governance to date:** 100% **Please link to your voting history and any voting rationale you’ve shared:** My voting rationale is linked in every individual proposal. **Please outline any other contributions to the Optimism ecosystem to date:** I started the OP Community calls and attend regularly, I was the lead of Defi Committee A in season 2, and last season I was a reviewer on the Growth Committee Grants Council. **Do you have a technical background? If so, please elaborate:** No **Have you previously served on a Token House Council or committee? If so, please specify which:** I was the lead of Defi Committee A in season 2 and a reviewer on the Growth Committee Grants Council last season. **Please demonstrate any experience you believe is relevant to this role:** I have been in the Defi space for over 5 years with 3 and a half years at the Maker Foundation and 2 years at an investment firm composed of former Maker Foundation employees - UDHC. **Please demonstrate expertise relevant to your Council sub-committee:** I have been very involved in the Optimism ecosystem and governance. I have also been in the broader defi space for a long time, and have hands-on experience providing feedback to project founders through my current role at a successful VC firm. **Please describe your philosophy on what makes a good Governance Fund grant:** A good governance fund grant attracts new and different types of users to the ecosystem, has clear and measurable KPIs and a well designed distribution plan that executes on the intended goal. **What types of grant applications do you think will help achieve Intent #2?** I would like to see grant applications that bring in a broader set of users through gaming, identity, NFTs, social applications and other novel areas that push the limits of Web 3 as a whole. **Please disclose any anticipated conflicts of interest:** Any portfolio companies for UDHC would be a conflict of interest. **Please verify that you agree to abide by the [Code of Conduct](https://gov.optimism.io/t/code-of-conduct/5751):** Yes **Please verify that you understand KYC will be required to receive Council rewards at the end of Season 4:** Yes **Please verify that you are able to commit ~20 hours / week to reviewing grant applications and other Council operations** : Yes --- _[View the full topic](https://gov.optimism.io/t/grants-council-reviewer-nominations-season-4/5978)._