Charlie Gerow

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Charles R. Gerow

Gerow in February 2011.
Education Villanova University School of Law
Occupation political consultant and commentator

Charles R. Gerow , called "Harrisburg's most politically well-connected conservative" by Harrisburg Magazine is a nationally recognized leader in strategic communications and political consulting.[1] Charlie Gerow is the CEO of Quantum Communications, a Harrisburg-based public relations and issue advocacy firm.

In 2010, Politics Magazine named him one of the most influential Republicans in Pennsylvania.[2] He was also named one of the Top Ten Political Consultants in Pennsylvania by PA2010.com

Gerow holds a law degree from Villanova University School of Law and has been an attorney for over 30 years.[3] Gerow began his career on the campaign staff of President Ronald Reagan and continued to do political work for President Reagan throughout the next 25 years.[4] He was an Alternate Delegate At Large at the 1988 Republican National Convention.[4] In 1989, he helped to found the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference.[5] During the 1996 presidential election, Gerow was a surrogate speaker for Bob Dole.[4] In 2000, he was a candidate in the 2000 Republican primary to represent Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district, where he lost to Todd Russell Platts.[6]

Gerow serves on the board of directors of the American Conservative Union, the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge and the American Swiss Foundation.[7]

He has taught as an adjunct professor at Lebanon Valley College, Dickinson College and Gettysburg College.[3] He works as a political analyst for WHP-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.[3] He regularly hosts his own radio talk shows and has appeared as a political commentator on NBC, ABC, and several national radio programs.[3] He was the subject of a feature on CNN’s “Inside Politics” television program and regularly appears on C-SPAN and Pennsylvania Cable Network.[3] He has been named a "Commissioned Colonel" in the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels.[3]

In 2005, the political website PoliticsPA posted a tongue-in-cheek feature similar to Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.[8] The feature was called The Six Degrees of Charlie Gerow, where the editors connected Gerow to various celebrities, including Hillary Clinton and Jessica Simpson.[8]

He was a spokesman for filmmaker Carlton Sherwood during the controversy surrounding Sherwood's anti-John Kerry film Stolen Honor.[8][9] He fellow conservative activist Jeff Lord, who works with Gerow at Quantum Communications, founded QubeTV, a conservative alternative to Youtube.[10] He also represented the electronic voting machine company Accupoll in their attempts to sell voting machines in Pennsylvania following passage of the Help America Vote Act.[8] Gerow represented "Bring our Taxes Home," a group created to expand gaming in Pennsylvania.[8]

On November 15, 2009 Gerow was chosen to head the transition team for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, mayor-elect Linda D. Thompson, the first African-American female ever elected to the office.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bio". Republican National Lawyers Association. 
  2. ↑ Roarty, Alex; Sean Coit (January 2010). "Pennsylvania Influencers". Politics Magazine. pp. 44–49. Archived from the original on 2010-02-07. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Charlie Gerow". Quantum Communications. 2009. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Mr. Charles R. Gerow". Find a Republican Lawyer. Republican National Lawyers Association. 1007. 
  5. ↑ "History of the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference". Pennsylvania Leadership Conference. Pennsylvania Leadership Council. 
  6. ↑ "2000 General Primary - Representative in Congress". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. 
  7. ↑ "Bio". American Conservative Union. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 "The Six Degrees of Charlie Gerow". PoliticsPA. Archived from the original on 2006-01-09. 
  9. ↑ "Sinclair to air only part of Kerry film, Amid rising pressure, it said portions of "Stolen Honor" would be included in a one-hour program.". Philadelphia Inquirer. October 20, 2004. "..."we had a valid contract," said Charlie Gerow, spokesman for Sherwood's..." 
  10. ↑ "Conservative Activists Gerow and Lord Announce Founding Of QubeTV.tv, a Conservative Video and Picture Platform". Business Wire. March 1, 2007. 
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