Certified Professional Career Coach and Official Member of the Forbes Coaches Council, Garrison Leykam doesn’t just believe that everyone is capable of creating their own second act careers...this AARP card-carrying motorcyclist and “real deal reinventor” has proved it himself many times over.
Leykam has been a record producer for industry giant London Records, been president of his own record label and performed as a singer-songwriter at Nashville’s iconic Bluebird Café and CBGBs (the Bowery’s birthplace of punk). He’s held senior leadership positions at companies such as MCI Telecommunications and Grand Circle Travel. Leykam is a published author of several books, including DESIGN YOU. He’s been a news-talk radio show host on WSTC/WNLK and a stand-up comic whose appearance at NYC’s legendary Gotham Comedy Club was the premise for the television documentary “Comic on a Half Shell.” Leykam produced and hosted the motorcycle odyssey “DINERS” for Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) and has been featured in the American Motorcycle Association’s exhibit and book, “MotoStars: Celebrities + Motorcycles” with Brad Pitt, Carlos Mencia, Keith Urban, Peter Fonda and other celebrities and bands including Journey, Rush and Foreigner.