Alexandria, VA born and raised. Graduated Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business in 2014 with a Marketing Management degree. Became the 7th employee at a Tysons startup as Marketing Associate in August 2014 with the core task of managing the company’s social media presence. At his 6 month performance review, Grant’s former boss - a serial entrepreneur and investor - fired him and said that he was too good at this social media thing to do it for a salary and that he needed to build a social media business. This is where Grant earned an instrumental mentor and business partner, and The Grant Leonard Group was born in March 2015. Over 3 years later, what started as an independent social media consulting practice has now become a 5 person social media marketing agency with creative, advertising, and management capabilities. When not working on The GLG, Grant enjoys yoga, hockey, outdoor activities, public speaking engagements, podcasts, the Caps, the Hokies, live music, healthy food, and planning his next travel adventure.