Danielle Grant

Danielle Grant is president and CEO of Achieve Twin Cities (formerly AchieveMpls), which operates career and college readiness programs, hosts public education events, and manages Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) funds and awards. Grant was previously executive director of MPS’s Educational and Cultural Services and Indian Education. A Turtle Mountain Ojibwe, Grant was named Minnesota’s Outstanding American Indian Administrator by the Minnesota Indian Education Association in 2012. She currently serves as board chair of American Indian OIC and is a board member of the Minnesota Education Equity Partnership, Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce, and Friends of the Lock and Dam. Grant is also a member of the Industry Leadership Council for the National School Foundation Association and represents the Minneapolis-St. Paul region at Harvard Business School’s Young American Leadership Program.