Team Profiles

Helen Nelson Grant
Vice-Chairman and Secretary
Grant Business Strategies, Inc.

Helen Nelson Grant is the Vice-Chairman and Secretary of Grant Business Strategies, Inc.

Ms.Grant received her Juris Doctor degree from Duke University School of Law in 1984 and she has been a licensed attorney in the state of South Carolina for 16 years. She was formerly a partner in the law firm of Gergel, Nickles & Grant, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, where her practice was focused in the areas of employment, domestic relations and other civil litigation matters. Ms. Grant has extensive experience in administrative hearings before local school boards where she represented educational employees.

Ms. Grant is a 1981 graduate of Columbia College, Columbia South Carolina where she received her Bachelor's degree in history and public affairs.

An active participant in the community, Ms. Grant has served on the Board of the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties, South Carolina; the Board of Directors for the Richland Memorial Hospital Center for Cancer Treatment and Research; Richland County School District One Blue Ribbon Steering Committee (which provided guidelines to the district on the expenditure of funds approved in a local bond referendum); and the Duke University School of Law Advisory Board. She has held membership in the American Bar Association, the Richland County Bar Association, the Columbia Lawyers Association and the South Carolina Black Lawyers Association.

Ms. Grant serves on the Board of Trustees of her alma marta, Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina. She has held the positions of Secretary and Vice-Chairman of the Board and she was the first African American and the youngest person to hold the position of Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Ms. Grant continues to be active with Columbia College and is the current chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board.

A resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, Ms. Grant is a member of Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church. In previous years, she has served as a member of the Missionary Society, Steward Board and choirs. Currently, Ms. Grant is a member of the Board of Directors of the St. Stephen United Methodist Church Preschool and she volunteers at her children's schools.

Ms. Grant and her husband have two sons and twin daughters.