Michael Grant is President of both the National Bankers Association and its Foundation. He is also board secretary for the Minbanc Scholarship Fund for minority banks.

A corporate consultant for fifteen years, Grant’s firm, of which he was a co-owner, claimed as his clients some of America’s best known companies: Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels, McDonalds Corporation, Harrah’s Casinos, Westin and Hilton Hotels, Dell Computers, the Cracker Barrel Corporation and others.

Grant served as a member of the Commission for the Future of the Tennessee Judicial System, president of the Nashville Branch of the NAACP and chief fundraiser of the NAACP’s Tennessee State Conference of Branches. He was co-founder of the Greater Nashville African-American Chamber of Commerce. Presently, he serves on the board of directors for the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc.