David Grossman, ABC, APR, Fellow PRSA
President & Principal thoughtpartner™
David Grossman is president and founder of dg&a (www.yourthoughtpartner.com), an award-winning communications consultancy based in Chicago. Named 2007’s Boutique Agency of the Year by PRWeek, dg&a focuses on organizational consulting, strategic leadership development and internal communications.
By acting as an advocate for employees and as a thoughtparther™ to senior management, David and his team help organizations unleash the power of communication to engage employees and drive performance.
A highly rated speaker of international conferences, David addresses both the importance of effective internal communications and the critical organizational need for face-to-face managerial/employee communications in the surge of electronic mediums. Leveraging his background in organizational development and psychology, David also facilitates training programs developed exclusively for senior leadership teams at Fortune 500 companies.
David, a recognized expert for his proprietary work in helping organizations succeed by developing clear messaging strategies for employees in direct alignment with their corporate goals is featured in, “The Practitioner’s Guide to Essential Techniques for Employee Engagement”. He is also published in numerous industry journals and reports and sits on the Editorial Board of Strategic Communication Management, Internal Comms Hub and Best Practices in Public Relations and Communications Management. David also enjoys the prestige of teaching the only graduate-level course in internal communications in the U.S. at Columbia University in New York City.
David has previously served as co-president of IABC-Chicago and president of the PRSA Foundation, as well as past president of the Chicago Chapter of PRSA, co-vice chair of the Universal Accreditation Board, on the National Conference committee for PRSA, and on the Public Relations Advisory Council for the University of Florida.
Prior to founding dg&a, David was director of communications for McDonald’s. Graduating Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa from
the University of Wisconsin-Madison with an honors degree in journalism, David also has a master’s in Corporate Public Relations from Northwestern University.