A graduate of Florida State University,he attended the University of Florida for graduate studies. He is a fifth generation Floridian whose family has lived in North Florida since before statehood. He is a former Member of the Florida State Senate and the United States Congress and his party’s nominee to the U.S. Senate. Prior to beginning his political career,he organized and ran several North Florida commercial banks and was twice elected president of the Florida Bankers Association. [citation needed]
After leaving politics,he organized and is now CEO of MK Meridian,Inc,an international conflict resolution,trade,and diplomatic advisory firm. In that capacity,he has mediated numerous sovereign and commercial conflicts across Eastern Europe,the Middle East and Africa. He helped organize the United Africa Association,a 13-nation effort for promoting pan-African self-help,free-enterprise capitalism,and democracy. [citation needed]
In 1997,with the assistance of the government of Egypt,he negotiated the end to the first Somali civil war and authored a draft constitutional government for that nation. He has been the senior advisor to two sovereign foreign governments and twice served as Special United States Congressional Envoy to international trouble spots. He served as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Chemical,LLC,a multi-faceted chemical production facility in Ukraine with 11,000 employees and a worldwide market. [citation needed]
Family
Grant is married to the former Janet Krawiec;they have two children;Madison Kathleen and Kinsey Regan. He has two children from a previous marriage:John Alan and Carter Richmond. [citation needed]
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