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Jodi Grant

Jodi Grant
Born Jodi Grant
March 1968
Flushing, Queens
Education Yale University
Harvard Law School
Occupation Executive Director, Afterschool Alliance

Jodi Grant (born March 1968) is the executive director of the Afterschool Alliance, an American not-for-profit organization. Prior to joining the Afterschool Alliance, Grant was the director of Work and Family Programs for the National Partnership for Women and Families. She also worked on Capitol Hill as general counsel to the Senate Budget Committee and as staff director for the Democratic Steering and Coordination Committee. Grant frequently appears in national media, including National Public Radio, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Business, and The New York Times.

Grant was born in Flushing, Queens, New York. She grew up in Oyster Bay, New York, where she attended Oyster Bay High School. She received her B.A. in Sociology with distinction from Yale University in 1990, where she was elected senior class president. In 1993, Grant received her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was elected president (first marshall) of the class of 1993. She also served on the editorial board for the Human Rights Journal. Grant, her husband and two children live in Bethesda, Maryland.

Grant worked as the general counsel for the Democratic Senate Budget Committee from 1994 to 1997. As general counsel, she managed budget bills and reconciliation bills on the floor of the United States Senate, coordinated closely with Republican staff of the budget committee to develop and implement legislation, and handling all legal and ethical matters.


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