Gerard F. Corbett
Gerard F. Corbett is a founder and CEO of Redphlag LLC, a strategic public relations and marketing management consulting firm, a position he has held since January 2008. He also has a coaching and mentoring practice under the “PR Job Coach” moniker and blogs as “PRJobCoach” for his own blog and as a guest blogger on several leading career management web forums.
Gerry has four decades of experience in technology, corporate communications and public relations. Prior to Redphlag, he was vice president of the Branding and Corporate Communications Group of $100-billion Hitachi, Ltd. from 1995 to 2007 and general manager of its Web Strategy Center. He previously served several leading Fortune 200 firms, including Loral Corporation, ASARCO Incorporated, Gould Inc. and International Harvester Company. He also was program manager and senior account executive with the public relations firm of Creamer Dickson Basford in Providence, RI. He launched his career in Silicon Valley as a scientific programmer at the NASA Ames Research Center.
A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Gerry has a BA in public relations from San Jose State University and an AA with a major in electronics engineering from the Community College of Philadelphia. He is accredited in public relations (APR) and a member of the College of Fellows of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). He serves as the 2012 Chair and CEO of PRSA and has been a member for more than 35 years. He also is a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; a member of the board and past president of the International Advertising Association/West, and a member of the Arthur Page Society, National Investor Relations Institute, National Association of Science Writers, San Francisco PR Roundtable, New York PR Society, International Coaching Federation and Kappa Tau Alpha, the National Journalism Honor Society. For 2012 to 2013, he will serve as CEO and chairman of the PRSA.
Gerry has four decades of experience in technology, corporate communications and public relations. Prior to Redphlag, he was vice president of the Branding and Corporate Communications Group of $100-billion Hitachi, Ltd. from 1995 to 2007 and general manager of its Web Strategy Center. He previously served several leading Fortune 200 firms, including Loral Corporation, ASARCO Incorporated, Gould Inc. and International Harvester Company. He also was program manager and senior account executive with the public relations firm of Creamer Dickson Basford in Providence, RI. He launched his career in Silicon Valley as a scientific programmer at the NASA Ames Research Center.
A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Gerry has a BA in public relations from San Jose State University and an AA with a major in electronics engineering from the Community College of Philadelphia. He is accredited in public relations (APR) and a member of the College of Fellows of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). He serves as the 2012 Chair and CEO of PRSA and has been a member for more than 35 years. He also is a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; a member of the board and past president of the International Advertising Association/West, and a member of the Arthur Page Society, National Investor Relations Institute, National Association of Science Writers, San Francisco PR Roundtable, New York PR Society, International Coaching Federation and Kappa Tau Alpha, the National Journalism Honor Society. For 2012 to 2013, he will serve as CEO and chairman of the PRSA.