Brynn Grant — Economic Development Innovator

Brynn Grant, the Chief Executive Officer of the Liberty County Development Authority, is a Liberty County native who was recently honored as the 2025 USA Today Woman of the Year for Georgia. She has decades of regional leadership and economic development experience and is the former President and CEO of United Way of the Coastal Empire and the former Chief Operating Officer for the Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA).

Brynn has served on the Board of Directors of the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce, Visit Savannah, Georgia Southern University Parker College of Business, Savannah State University College of Business, Oglethorpe Middle School, Savannah Technical College and Junior Achievement.

She earned a B.A. in Journalism from The University of Georgia and is a graduate of Leadership Georgia, Leadership Savannah and Leadership Southeast Georgia, where she is a past board chair. Over the years, she has been honored as the Small Business Chamber of Savannah Community Advocate of the Year, a Girls Scouts of Historic Georgia Woman of Distinction and a Savannah Technical College Community Star.