Jodi Grant

Executive Director
Afterschool Alliance
Washington, DC

Jodi Grant is Executive Director of the Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit public awareness and advocacy organization working to ensure that all children and youth have access to quality, affordable after school programs. Prior to joining the Afterschool Alliance, Grant served as Director of Work and Family Programs for the National Partnership for Women & Families, where she worked to protect and expand the Family & Medical Leave Act and was a member of the team that successfully defended the law before the U.S. Supreme Court. She also worked on Capitol Hill as General Counsel to the Senate Budget Committee and as Staff Director for a Senate Committee. Her legislative accomplishments include expanded support for the child tax credit, the Child Health Insurance Program, and class size reduction. She also served as liaison to the National Governors’ Association, where she worked closely with Republican and Democratic governors. Grant graduated from Yale University with honors in 1990. She received her law degree from Harvard University. In addition to being on the Board of Search Institute, she is a member of the Coalition for Community Schools Steering Committee and is a Trustee of the America’s Promise Alliance.