Denise Grant

Denise Grant

Member

Denise was appointed to the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board in 2024.

Denise Grant, founder and CEO of Overlook Strategies, is a highly regarded counsel to executives and Boards of Directors on complex issues across a range of business, leadership, organizational, governance and policy matters. She has decades of experience developing strategies and implementing solutions for some of the most high-profile entities in the corporate and nonprofit sectors. She also serves as a Senior Advisor to Heidrick & Struggles, the global leadership and organizational consulting firm.

Her expertise is grounded in an extensive career spanning the global business, legal and public policy arenas. Ms. Grant was Managing Director at Russell Reynolds where she led the Washington office and held other leadership positions. Prior to 2005, Ms. Grant was a senior executive at Fannie Mae where she served in a variety of roles including as head of the multi-billion dollar mortgage-backed securities issuance business. She also was a practicing attorney for a decade, including at Morgan Lewis and on Capitol Hill. In private practice, she provided strategic representation on regulatory, litigation, compliance, and policy matters.

Ms. Grant has been active with many nonprofit organizations that promote opportunity, international diplomacy, culture, and education. She has served on numerous Boards, including the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts and Transylvania University.

Ms. Grant has a B.A. from Transylvania University and a law degree from the University of Kentucky. A native of Kentucky, her home base is now Maryland and the District of Columbia.