Gerry Gunster
Executive Vice President
Gerry Gunster manages national and state advocacy issues, directs statewide ballot measure campaigns and provides strategic counsel for Goddard Claussen. He has a remarkable success record managing issue advocacy campaigns and ballot measures in over fifteen states and
Washington,
D.C. He is the recipient of an excellence award for “Best Public Affairs Campaign of the Year” and is a frequent speaker at industry trade conferences discussing trends related to advocacy advertising, new media and grassroots management.
Gerry has a broad range of public affairs experience from both the private and public sectors. He was a Capitol Hill staffer for two members of Congress and has been a government affairs manager for Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Universal Studios, Tropicana Orange Juice Company and The Grocery Manufacturers of America. Gerry was also the Associate Producer of the HBO film “Last Best Chance” and wrote “Our Land. Our Future,” a documentary about the Shinnecock Indian Nation.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from
Drew
University and conducted his Master’s research at the
John
Hopkins
University
Center for the Study of American Government.