{"id":1669,"date":"2026-04-02T13:55:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/entrepreneurship\/?page_id=1669"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:41:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:41:50","slug":"david-grad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/entrepreneurship\/mentorship-team\/david-grad\/","title":{"rendered":"David Grad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"breadcrumbs\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\">\r\n\t<!-- Breadcrumb NavXT 7.2.0 -->\n<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture.\" href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">Voiland College<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to The Harold Frank Engineering Entrepreneurship Institute.\" href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/entrepreneurship\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">The Frank Institute<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span><\/div><header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tMentor Team: David Grad\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignright has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large  wsu-image--style-round\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"1058\" data-id=\"1695\"  src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/04\/DavidGrad-792x1058.png\" alt=\"Project Mentor\" class=\"wp-image-1695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/04\/DavidGrad-792x1058.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/04\/DavidGrad-396x529.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/04\/DavidGrad-768x1026.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/04\/DavidGrad-148x198.png 148w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/04\/DavidGrad.png 958w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>CEO and Co-Founder at Elevator9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/davidgrad\/\">David Grad on LinkedIn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>David Grad is CEO and co-founder of learning tech platform, elevator9. He also serves as an executive coach, leadership program designer and facilitator, and a senior lecturer of the graduate course values-based leadership at IE New York College. Before transitioning into leadership development, David spent 22 years in media and entertainment\u2014leading teams, earning four Emmy nominations and and Emmy for social-impact campaigns he co-created and produced at MTV. He holds an M.S. in Strategic Communication from Columbia University, dual B.A.s in Mass Communication and Theatre from Florida State University, and certifications in Brain-Based Coaching and Learning Science. 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