Genai Walker Macklin was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on the 4th of July. She was a standout scholar athlete in high school. Genai spent her formative years playing basketball. Her passion for the game, along with a strong focus on academics, earned her scholarships to the University of Central Arkansas. After graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Science and then earning a Master of Science degree, she decided she still wanted to play ball. She spent the next eight years playing professional basketball with several teams in Europe and finally with the Tulsa Shock of the WNBA, earning a second Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish along the way. After retiring from the sport, she and her husband Demetrius moved to Texas to focus on their careers and family. Genai began her career in 2013 at a large national bank, providing personal banking solutions to her clients. In 2014, Genai came to Morgan Stanley to provide financial planning for affluent individuals and their families. The Schwitzer-Grossman Group at Morgan Stanley was so impressed with her abilities that they asked her to join their team as a partner in 2019. Genai focuses on investing for high net worth clients, their families and businesses, corporate executives, professional athletes and their families, and providing financial planning and risk management.