Leonard Murray is Managing Partner and co-founder of Zion Consulting Group, a real estate and business development advisory firm serving non-profits, faith-based institutions, government entities and corporations. Zion advises placed-based community organizations on the development and execution of real estate strategies. Zion also advises and partners with faith-based institutions to maximize the value of their real estate assets. Zion has advised clients throughout the United States for over 25 years.

Leonard was the founding Board Chair of the Grove Park Foundation (GPF) which is helping to quarterback the transformation of the Bankhead community in Atlanta. GPF has assisted in building a KIPP managed school, 110 units of affordable housing, and currently controls over 100 properties to mitigate displacement in the neighborhood.

Leonard currently serves as the Senior Real Estate Consultant for the Grove Park Foundation and the East Lake Foundation which are both Purpose Built Communities, developing affordable housing. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Youthbuild Newark a non-profit, which helps high school dropouts complete their education while providing training in the construction field; Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Healthcare Foundation of the Orange’s which was created to address the healthcare needs of East Orange and Newark, New Jersey after the sale of East Orange General Hospital, a 325-bed community hospital.

Mr. Murray did his undergraduate studies at Morehouse College in Business Administration, with concentrations in finance and real estate. He also studied international finance and African / Middle Eastern studies at Columbia University’s Graduate School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).