Director Bruce Grant,
Florida Office of Drug Control

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 Florida Department of Corrections in charge of Community Corrections from 2007 to 2009. From 2001 to 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 to 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.

He has been an active volunteer in the Tallahassee community where he served as a Scout leader and coached youth baseball He is married and has four children.