Jason Grill
Jason Grill has over 16 years of extensive strategic leadership experience guiding and advising on high level matters related to public policy, public affairs, government relations, public relations, crisis communications, advocacy, messaging, media and the law. Jason has worked with numerous corporations, foundations, non-profits, associations, marketing and digital agencies, c-suite executives, government entities, startups, entrepreneurs and policymakers in his career.
Jason is the Founder of JGrill Consulting, a Senior Advisor at Parris Communications (Public Affairs, Policy & Media), the host of the Grill Nation Show on KMBZ 980AM & iTunes and a licensed attorney in Missouri and Kansas.
Jason is a former two-term member of the Missouri House of Representatives and has worked in the White House and at CNN. As a member of the Missouri House, Jason passed historic legislation to help families of children with autism access life changing therapies and treatments. He passed meaningful legislation during both Governor Matt Blunt (R) and Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) administrations on a bipartisan basis.
Jason appears regularly as a guest panelist on KCPT's Ruckus and as a political analyst on Fox 4. He has been featured in The Huffington Post, Inc. Magazine, Forbes and Politico. In 2018, Jason had a successful exit from a company he co-founded, Sock 101.
Jason graduated Summa Cum Laude from Saint Louis University with a degree in Economics and earned a Law Degree from the University of Missouri. Jason also spent a semester at Loyola of Chicago Rome Center in Rome, Italy. He is a graduate of the Civic Council of Greater KC’s Kansas City Tomorrow Program, FBI Citizens Academy and the Socrates Program at the Aspen Institute. Jason has served as an advance site lead for Presidential, Vice Presidential and Principal Visits to Missouri and Kansas.
Some of the awards and honors Jason has received include: The Kansas City Star’s Missouri Influencer, Compute Midwest’s 39 Influential Media People Shaping the Future of Kansas City, Kansas City Business Journal’s NextGen Leader Award, Ingram’s Magazine 40 Under Forty Award, Boy Scouts of America’s National Outstanding Eagle Scout Award, The Missouri Times 100 People to Know in Missouri Award, KC Business Magazine Rising Star and Top Company Award, KC Connection’s Kansas City Man of the Year Award, Autism Speaks Advocacy Award, University of Missouri School of Law Distinguished Graduate Award, Autism Society of America – Advocacy Award, Missouri Lawyer’s Weekly – Up and Coming Lawyer Award, KC Magazine Best Local Politician Award and the Kansas City Star Scholar Athlete Award. He is an Eagle Scout and Warrior in the Tribe of Mic-O-Say, as well as a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Jason is an avid sports fan. He also enjoys running, golf, travel, economic development and politics. Follow Jason on Twitter and Connect with him on LinkedIn.