Biography of Bruce D. Grant
Bruce D. Grant was appointed by Governor Charlie Crist as the Director of the Office of Drug Control on October 23, 2009. He served as the Assistant Secretary for the Department of Corrections in charge of Community Corrections from 2007-2009. From 2001-2005, he served in the Governor’s Office of Drug Control as the Chief of Counterdrug Law Enforcement and then as Chief of Staff. In December 2005, he resigned his position in the Governor’s Office and volunteered to return to active duty to serve with the U.S. Army in Iraq. From 2005-2006, COL Grant served with the 101st Airborne Division as the Deputy Team Leader of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Mosul, Iraq. His mission there was to rebuild the governmental, legal, and economic institutions of the province.
A 1974 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he also holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Puget Sound. He served a 27 year career in the United States Army as an Infantry Officer before retiring in March 2001. During his active military service, he held several key positions including command at every level from platoon through battalion. He served in the 82nd Airborne Division, the 75th Ranger Regiment, the Southern European Task Force, and with NATO peacekeeping forces in Bosnia. The majority of his Army career has been command, operations, and planning and he has extensive experience in planning, organizing and conducting complex joint task force operations.
He has been an active volunteer in the Tallahassee community where he served as a Scout leader and the vice president of the West Point Society of Tallahassee. Bruce coached youth baseball for five years and in 2004 - 2005 served as the president of the Tallahassee Babe Ruth League. He is a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is married and has four children.
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