Piedmont native Ken Grissom is the Director of the Small Business Development Center at Jacksonville State University. He is a graduate of Piedmont High School and Jacksonville State University.

Grissom and his wife, Julia, have two sons – Dylan, who is married to Kati, and Austyn – and a grandson, Mason.

Ken is a charter member of board of directors of the Calhoun County Sports Hall of Fame and a former member of the Piedmont City Schools board of education.

He and Julia are active in the First Baptist Church of Piedmont.