Meet Trustee Grant

Valerie S. Grant, CFA is the lead portfolio manager for TIAA-CREF Growth & Income Fund (Ticker: TIGRX) and a managing director within Nuveen’s active equity group.   Prior to joining the firm, Valerie served as a senior portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein, overseeing Responsible U.S. Equities, an ESG focused large cap U.S. equity portfolio. At AllianceBernstein, she served on the firm’s proxy voting and governance committee and held roles of increasing responsibility as a buy side analyst and portfolio manager. Prior to that she managed corporate transactions at Bristol Myers Squibb. Early in her career Valerie worked at McKinsey & Company and Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc., a pioneer in corporate social responsibility.

Valerie is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a trustee of Morehouse College, and a member of the Harvard Business School Alumni Board. She provides market commentary for CNBC, Bloomberg News and other media outlets and frequently presents at industry conferences.  Valerie graduated with a B.S in Economics degree, with a concentration in finance, from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and an M.B.A. with high distinction from Harvard Business School. She also served as a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar at the University of Zimbabwe.