Jacy Grais, born and raised in St. Paul, is an active organizational leader and philanthropist with legal expertise and a passion for harnessing resources to enhance lives and improve communities. She currently serves on the Governance Committee for the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.

Jacy is the Board President of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, which is the consensus public affairs voice of the Jewish community of those three states and which fights antisemitism and prejudice, safeguards the Jewish community, advocates for Israel, provides Holocaust education, promotes tolerance and social justice, and builds bridges across the Jewish and broader communities. She serves on the disaster allocation committee of the Jewish Federations of North America and is a past board member and executive committee member of both the Minneapolis Jewish Federation and the Jewish Federations of North America. Previously, Jacy served as Board President of National Council of Jewish Women of St. Paul. Earlier in her career, she practiced employment law at Littler Mendelson, PC.