Grant Goodrich

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Executive Director

Case Western Reserve University

 is the Executive Director of the Great Lakes Energy Institute at Case

Western Reserve University, where he works to grow the energy-related

research efforts of the University. Previously, Grant led efforts to attract and

grow businesses in Greater Cleveland while serving as the interim CEO of

Team NEO, Northeast Ohio’s regional business attraction entity and

JobsOhio affiliate. Earlier, he managed the international research projects

of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.

Grant is a decorated veteran of the U.S Marine Corps, having served for

fourteen years as an infantry officer and Foreign Affairs specialist. He is a

graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and of U.S. Marine Corps Command

and Staff College. He received his MPA degree in Environmental Science

and Policy from Columbia University’s School of International and Public

Affairs in New York. Grant and his family reside in the Ohio City

neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.