Faculty

David Grossman

David Grossman is president and founder of dg&a, an award-winning Chicago-based communications consultancy focusing on organizational consulting, strategic leadership development and internal communications. Their roster includes Fortune 500 clients such as Cisco Systems, Heinz, Intel, Lilly, Lockheed Martin, McDonald’s, WellPoint and Virgin Atlantic.

Grossman coaches leaders at all levels to utilize communications as a strategic business tool, addressing both the importance of effective internal and leadership communications and the critical need for face-to-face communications amid the surge of electronic mediums. Prior to founding dg&a in 2000, Grossman was director of communications for McDonald’s.

dg&a’s has been twice named PR Week’s “Boutique Agency of the Year,” and their work won the prestigious Silver Anvil award from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), the Gold Quill Award from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and the Golden World Award from the International Public Relations Association (IPRA). Grossman is the author of “Internal Branding: How to Create and Sustain a Successful internal Brand,” “The Practitioner’s Guide to Essential Techniques for Employee Engagement,” and the CD-ROM “messagemaps: A Guide to Creating Clear, Credible and Impactful Messages.” Grossman’s forthcoming book, “You Can’t Not Communicate: Leadership Solutions that Power the Fortune 100” will be available in late 2009.

Grossman has served as president of PRSA Chicago, co-president of IABC-Chicago, president of the PRSA Foundation, co-vice chair of the Universal Accreditation Board, on the National Conference committee and Strategic Planning Committee for PRSA, and as a Silver Anvil judge. He was recently named to USA Today’s corporate management and leadership CEO panel.

Grossman graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with an honors degree in journalism and holds a master’s degree in corporate public relations from Northwestern University. He began his career as a journalist, working in radio news and television.

David Grossman teaches Building Internal Engagement.