Gregory R. Reed was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania and grew up in Lewistown. He is a 1973 graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park. He graduated from the Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama in 1976 where he had the honor and privilege of serving as the Writing Editor of the Law Review.

Josh is a 2005 graduate of Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas (now Texas A&M). He earned an MBA degree from Webster University in 2002 and an Accounting degree from Bob Jones University in 2000.