https://www.lesliemgross.com/home daily 1.0 2025-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601099d411c3656045db0c4b/662b027e-cfc9-4563-83b4-2933a2b02fc0/image-asset.jpeg Home - Strategist | Leader Trusted Advisor A nationally recognized author and strategist, Leslie provides targeted solutions for high-profile, high-stakes challenges at the intersection of policy, politics, and philanthropy. As Principal and Founder of Advantage Insights, she advises organizations, corporations, and campaigns on political risk, compliance, crisis response, and government affairs. She extends that expertise to family offices, foundations, and individual donors as Senior Advisor to Grant Philanthropic Advisors. Leslie served as President Obama’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security during Hurricane Sandy, the Boston Marathon Bombing, and the Syrian refugee crisis. As a member of the Secretary’s Senior Leadership Group, she advised on some of the most sensitive and complex challenges facing the country, including immigration, foreign commercial investment, critical infrastructure, international information sharing, and emergency preparedness. An expert in Congressional oversight, good governance, and advocacy campaigns, her global anti-corruption work in the U.S. Senate was profiled in Jim Risen’s account of corruption during the Iraq War, “Pay Any Price.” With experience as a trusted advisor across multiple disciplines, Leslie has a real-world understanding of how high-visibility executives, government officials, and grassroots advocates think and work. She has advised globally on trends leading to the rise in authoritarianism and the role of disinformation in those efforts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847921926-YXCEN2JVL6T6OEYSBTQG/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Journey Each experience has been an opportunity to learn, connect, and grow. That ethos has built a professional journey rooted in problem solving, guided by integrity, and sustained through trust relationships. From cabinet officials to global nonprofits and C-Suite executives, there’s been a legacy of providing results-driven strategy with lasting programmatic impact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847766023-TYF5QZ96XIXRZPA4EGWZ/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Roles It includes several roles— as an organization incubator, leader of high-performing teams, creator of original programming, spokesperson, senior executive, and confidential advisor. That leadership has been tested during times of national and global crisis, as a former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Deputy Assistant Secretary, Chief Counsel for the U.S. Senate Democratic Policy Committee, litigator, and nonprofit executive. The work reflects an insider’s expertise in senior-level executive branch, Congressional, philanthropic, political campaign, C-suite, and social impact decision making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847765301-447UDK2L5WJTURLWTECI/image-asset.jpeg Home - The Relationships That trajectory has produced a wide-ranging network of influencers and a sophisticated understanding of the tactics most persuasive to decisionmakers at the grassroots and grasstops. This path has created a trusted advisor to movements, high-net worth individuals, organizations, and advocacy campaigns seeking to navigate crisis and maximize impact. https://www.lesliemgross.com/contact-1 daily 0.75 2024-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601099d411c3656045db0c4b/1680812975884-X35X4FLLFRN5EE4JP3JN/66271AE3-DD9C-44D6-9C21-566E5AA5E9B8.jpeg Contact https://www.lesliemgross.com/learn-more daily 0.75 2023-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847331546-NBMOOBORXBR1I52QDOEM/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Learn More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847332082-XD1KMA4EER5NVQWQZJ4O/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Learn More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847330913-1F0BEVH4E8EWIS3SJYLB/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Learn More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847330272-BEQUDHMNDH37S90TSA0T/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Learn More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847329019-GP1Z6VXLF9U75MC4JIO0/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Learn More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847328311-R7PAZDQTBOBSEOWC9YQ3/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Learn More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847327684-2C1WKZU35SCT0ZV1OJOX/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Learn More https://www.lesliemgross.com/results-1 daily 0.75 2021-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847806290-ODCANGKOERMJNMUDLJM1/image-asset.jpeg Results https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847807745-OENCGAE1T9NNB8U99VR6/image-asset.jpeg Results https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847806697-1U8EJDM9SSI9Y3I0LSHY/image-asset.jpeg Results https://www.lesliemgross.com/results-1/project-three-5xjeg monthly 0.5 2021-02-24 https://www.lesliemgross.com/results-1/project-two-canmj monthly 0.5 2021-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847766023-TYF5QZ96XIXRZPA4EGWZ/image-asset.jpeg Results - Problem Solving - Building capacity for meaningful change. Supporting Thought Leadership Maturing philanthropy’s understanding of immigration within a post 9/11 national security framework through multi-sector convenings and expert analysis. Building a Talent Pipeline Filling intergenerational gaps in the social justice landscape by creating a new fellowship that Incubates leaders across disciplines to solve some of the world’s toughest problems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847762019-6FVSEHEZWIGMCJ5QASPI/image-asset.jpeg Results - Problem Solving - Asking the right questions. How did we get where we are? Where do we want to be? What needs to change for us to get there? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847764497-5VRB0KFO9K6GFADNYCRQ/image-asset.jpeg Results - Problem Solving - Maximizing Impact. Collaboration Shortened crisis response times, promoted innovative grantmaking, and created learning communities through the creation of donor advised funds. Corporate Social Responsibility Rehabilitated stakeholder relationships, garnered community support, and deployed corporate social responsibility bests practices through creation of a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership to empower, educate, and employ communities disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs. Impact Litigation Second chaired a six week trial that deployed experts and uplifted data to support the theory that disproportionate discipline was a second-generation symptom of discriminatory education practices. https://www.lesliemgross.com/results-1/project-one-sdegx monthly 0.5 2021-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847766023-TYF5QZ96XIXRZPA4EGWZ/image-asset.jpeg Results - Thought Leadership - Making ideas count. Writings on strategy, impact, investigations, and crisis mitigation. Best practices in corporate social responsibility, donor engagement, and community empowerment. Reflections on national security, leadership, and resilience.