Nina Martin
CEO of Graham Inc.
Nina is proud and honored to lead what she believes is the greatest team on Earth – the fantastic team of Graham Inc. This 8(a) woman-owned small business is the finest organization Nina has ever been a part of in her three decades of professional life.
With the entire Graham team’s love of service and helping others, Graham Inc. actively donates to quality charitable organizations such as DAWN (deafdawn.org), MDCC (deafmdcc.org), The “X” for Boys (thexforboys.org) school in Albany, Georgia that services deeply impoverished families, Heart of Florida United Way in Central Florida (hfuw.org), and the Lake Cane Restoration Society (lakecane.org).
Nina first joined Graham in 2012 in a recruiting role and later moved into regional management, executive oversight, and eventually 51% ownership and leadership of the company in 2018.
Nina began her professional career in 1996, after receiving dual Bachelor degrees in Latin-based languages (French and Spanish), graduating with honors from the ivy league University of Pennsylvania. After a temporary staffing role for two years with The World Bank in DC, Nina was hired as a training consultant with Price Waterhouse in 1998, which later became IBM. Downsized with the entire training department six years later, Nina became aware of the challenges facing job seekers first-hand. She soon became self-employed as a corporate training subcontractor from 2004 to 2012, working as a team of one to create and deliver career-solution courses to companies including AT&T, IBM, Alcatel-Lucent, and Avaya. Nina designed and taught the gamut of career topics, as well as delivered personal development classes on managing change, customer service, conflict resolution, stress reduction, and workplace productivity. She has successfully delivered instructor-led, computer-based, and web-based training courses to more than 45,000 end-users of all skill levels.
In 2012, realizing she wanted to do more than simply train adult learners about job searching, Nina sought to become actively involved in helping place quality professionals at quality positions. When Graham hired Nina as a recruiter, it allowed Nina to fulfill this goal of helping job seekers, while continuing her consulting career providing talent solutions for client companies and government agencies. Today, as CEO and majority owner of Graham, Nina continues to be energized and excited to help clients and job seekers succeed in their goals every day. Nina regularly revamps resumes for job seekers as a favor, offering her time and skill to those who have great qualifications are challenged in documenting them effectively.
While Nina is not working, she spends time reading, studying, playing piano, and being outdoors with her husband of 25 years along with their son and daughter. Together the family of four enjoys downhill snow skiing, mountain biking, paddleboarding, hiking with their rescue dog, and exploring state and national parks. Nina’s whole family is deeply dedicated to buying small/buying local, supporting small businesses and volunteer organizations throughout their hometown of Orlando, Florida. As a jazz aficionado and classically trained pianist, Nina actively supports the live music scene in central Florida alongside her husband.