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D. Jerry Garcia - Consultant- St. Croix, VI
 D. Jerry Garcia currently holds the position of Director of Marketing and Public Relations for the U.S. Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority.
Throughout his career, he has worked with both the public and private sectors. He started his professional career as a management consultant for the European division of Alexander Proudfoot, a change-management consulting firm, where his tasks concentrated on productivity management, organizational development and strategic planning for organizations such as American Express (France), British Aerospace (Great Britain), and H&M (Sweden). He left Alexander Proudfoot to become executive director of the St. Croix Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Virgin Islands, where he was liaison between St. Croix’s business community and the local government.
After several years, he launched Results Marketing, a commercial marketing agency, garnering clients in Europe, the Caribbean and United States. Always in search of a professional challenge, Jerry later joined President Clinton’s Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments which brought him to Washington, DC. Jerry served in the capacity of Special Assistant for Committee and Staff Affairs and Public Relations, reporting directly to the President. In addition, he has served on the advisory board of the Small Business Development Center (Washington, DC.), has been an instructor in entrepreneurial skills for the Corporation for Employment and Training and has worked for several consulting firms within the Washington, DC area concentrating on organizational development.
He has extensive knowledge of federal contracting; most recently working with HUD on community, social and economic development housing issues. His most recent job, prior to joining EDA, was working as the COO for PuntoCom, a multimedia company, located in Rome, Italy.
Jerry has extensive experience in dealing with complex organizations and has developed and implemented numerous marketing and organizational development modules over the years.
Jerry doubled majored receiving his bachelors of arts from the University of Virginia in Rhetorical Communications and Psychology and went on to obtain his master degree in Organizational Development, with a concentration of business marketing from the University of Düsseldorf, Germany.
SPECIALTY AREAS:
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Management, Marketing, & Organizational Development
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Social & Economic Development
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HIV/AIDS
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LGBTQ
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