2023 Mar. Mag
2023 March Mag
Dr. Stacie NC Grant
God’s Media Ambassador & 21st Century Communicator
Dr. Stacie NC Grant is an award-winning international speaker, master facilitator, best-selling author, influencer, producer, actor, publisher and celebrity emcee. Dr. Grant is living her divine calling to LEAD, TEACH and INSPIRE! Described as “God’s Media Ambassador & 21st Century Communicator”, she ignites her audiences with her captivating smile, intoxicating humor and boundless energy.
Stacie is wearing a Blue Grand Necklace and Earrings.
WHO IS DR. STACIE NC GRANT?
Servant Leader
Dr. Stacie NC Grant often quotes this message from Ghandi “The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.” This is how she has built a global platform of service. Dr. Grant has spent countless hours quietly volunteering her time and service in the community through her civic engagement and youth mentorship. From working closely with local elected officials to support community outreach to volunteering her time speaking with students in her local schools, to serving on PTA Boards, Dr. Grant gets the greatest joy from serving others. She has received numerous awards from the White House, NYS Senate, NYS Assembly, NYC City Council, Office of the Governor of NY, and national and local organizations including her most recent recognition as a Woman of Distinction by the Continental Societies, Inc. Her body of work is punctuated by receiving the 2016 Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award for Volunteer Service from our 44th President Barack Obama, an appointment in 2017 as a Fellow of the Most Excellent Order of International Experts (FOIE) and a recipient of the 2019 I CHANGE NATIONS (ICN) World Civility Ambassador Award. In 2021 Dr. Grant was named as one of The Power 50 MWBE Businesses in New York State & New York City, VIP Global Magazine Top 50 Women in Business and The Network Journal’s 25 Most Influential Black Women in Business. In 2022, Dr. Grant was recognized as the Business Person of the Year by the Queens NYC Chamber of Commerce, Visionary of LOVE Award from Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Nu Omicron Chapter, NYC Black Women’s Political Club InspireHER Awardee and The Exceptional Woman Enterprise Humanitarian Award Recipient.
Chief Faithpreneur
In 2014, Dr. Grant founded Destiny Designers University®, “A CLASSROOM WITHOUT BORDERS; WHERE WE GRADUATE TO THE NEXT BEST VERSION OF OURSELVES BY TURNING INSPIRATION INTO RESULTS!” Destiny Designers University® is the only training & development platform for Faithpreneurs® (faith-based entrepreneurs and faith-based professionals) who grow their wealth-generating practices around an affinity to God and FAITH by learning how to leverage their Relationships, Resources and Revenue to create sustainable legacies by being cash flow positive and unapologetically profitable!
Training is delivered through live and self-directed courses and supported through books, products, and other merchandise. Since 2009, Faithpreneurs gather weekly on the Saturday Faithpreneur VIP Prayer Call for fellowship and encouragement. Since 2018, Faithpreneurs gather annually for the Faithpreneur® Weekend Experience. Coming out of the global pandemic of 2020, Dr. Grant expanded the multi-media platform opportunities to include the launch of The Faithpreneur Magazine, Quarterly Night of Healing Events and The Faithpreneur®TV Network. Learn more at www.DestinyDesignersUniversity.com.
MWBE Small Business Owner
Dr. Grant is the Chief Brilliance Officer of C&G Enterprises Unlimited, LLC an MWBE founded in 2016 that specializes in meeting facilitation and professional development training for Government and Corporate Clients. During COVID-19, C&G began offering decontamination services to other small business and meeting spaces to ensure the safe gathering in these public spaces. Dr. Grant is currently the Facilitator for the JFK International Airport Redevelopment Community Advisory Council, a 19 billion-dollar redevelopment project. Learn more at www.CGEUNLIMITED.com.
Prior to 2016, C&G Enterprises provided purpose-driven event strategies for community-based and not–for–profit organizations. C&G has been featured on Access Hollywood, Fox 5, Metro TV, and WE Television. The event strategies utilized focused on producing successful outreach events that brought value to the participants and community at large. Clients included Mentoring in Medicine, Inc., Sister to Sister International, Inc., St. Paul Community Baptist Church, Inc., Own Your Power Communications, Inc., Achieving Leadership’s Purpose, Inc. and Inspired Girls, Inc. Under Dr. Grant’s leadership, C&G has received numerous awards, honors and citations from various organizations and government officials for outstanding commitment to excellence in service.
International Speaker
Dr. Grant has been a featured speaker for the Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Summit, FraserNet Annual Networking Conference, NYC Department of Corrections, Bronx Community College, St. John’s University, Project Enterprise, Mary J. Blige FFAWN Foundation, Women’s Academy of Excellence, Medgar Evers College, The 1209 Affair SuccessNet Series, Peak Performance Institute, Women Doing It Big Foundation, MACY*S, WBLS, L’Oreal, Black Women of Influence, Brooklyn College, Women in The Black, AARP, The New York Urban League, The Eagle Academy Foundation, NYC Department of Education, The Port Authority of NY & NJ, Celebrity Guest Host for The Network Journal and many more. Dr. Stacie NC Grant also has the distinction of being one of world-renowned Les Brown’s notable Platinum Speakers, one of his Expert Trainers and past host of Les Brown Motivational Monday Night Calls.
Civic Leader
Dr. Grant is a member of the Queens NY District Attorney African American Advisory Council and community consultant to members of the NY State Assembly and NYC City Council. Affectionately called the “Voice of NYC”, her voice is heard hosting numerous community programs and ceremonies across the city including Inaugurations, Graduations and the annual Queens Juneteenth Celebration.
Philanthropist
July 24, 2022, Dr. Grant became the International President & CEO of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. She is the 26th President of this 103-year-old organization with over 130 thousand members and close to 900 chapters across the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Bahamas, Japan, Korea, Barbados, Haiti, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Trinidad/Tobago, and most recently Accra, Ghana. Dr. Grant leads the programmatic agenda of the organization as a premiere community-conscious action-oriented organization. Learn more at: ZPHIB1920.org. Dr. Grant declared 2023 as The Year of the International Women, Serving & Advocating for Health Justice at Home and Abroad, as she has charged her sisterhood to Embrace The S.W.E.L.L. of Service, Worldwide Wellness, Extraordinary Leadership and Legacy!
Dr. Grant is also the Co-Founder of the Queens NYC Affiliate of the National Cares Mentoring Movement (founded by Susan L. Taylor) whose mission is to recruit, connect and direct mentors to vulnerable young people. Additionally, she is the past secretary of her Church Choir, past President of the St. John’s University Black Alumni Association, and Associate Member of Jack & Jill of America, Inc. Queens Chapter.
Dr. Grant currently resides in Queens, New York with her husband, Andrew, and 2 sons, Josiah and Jeremy. With God as her guide, our global community will be better for her service to humanity.