Danielle Grant

Danielle Grant is president and CEO of Achieve Twin Cities, which operates career and college readiness programs in Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) and Saint Paul Public Schools; hosts public education events; and manages MPS scholarships, funds, and awards. Grant was previously executive director of MPS’ Educational and Cultural Services and Indian Education.

An enrolled citizen of the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe and Turtle Mountain descendant, 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, the vice chair of the American Indian Community Development Corporation, and as a board member of MIGIZI and the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce. Grant is also a member of the Minnesota Women’s Economic Roundtable and Phillips Indian Educators, and she represented the Minneapolis-St. Paul region at Harvard Business School’s Young American Leadership Program. In 2020, she received the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s Women in Business Award.