He has held several executive positions in the banking, technology, and financial services including General Manager of the 4th largest bank Trust Department in the country; CFO of the 8th largest bank holding company; the CEO of a large, publicly held bank and another large privately held bank. Gerry was an SVP of HR and Administration with IBM Corporation and later served as President of UNC, Inc., an NYSE aviation company.
 
He served on the board of State Farm Insurance, as a member of the Executive Committee, and as Audit Committee Chair; also on State Farm Bank; State Farm Fire & Casualty companies; and MAM Software Group, Inc., where he was chair of the board.
 

Gerry is the founder and chair of The National Leadership Institute: a member of the Board of Trustees of the National University, where he is former Chair; the Board of Governors of Junior Achievement Worldwide, Inc.; an advisory board member for Private Capital, Inc.; and was chair of the NACD Florida Chapter. He is also an NACD Board Leadership Fellow, 

He has authored five books on leadership including, “You’re In Charge… What Now?”, and “You’re a Non-profit Director…What Now?”, which is a primer on corporate governance principles for non-profit organizations.

Gerry holds a B.S. in Economics from Temple University, an M.A. in Economics from Michigan State University is a CPA, and a Doctor of Humane Letters from National University.