Gerald Porter Ballard

Background

Ballard, Gerald Porter was born on October 16, 1936 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Loy Everett and Gertrude (Oakley) Ballard.

Education

Bachelor of Business Engineering, Columbia (South Carolina) Bible College, 1960. Postgraduate, East Carolina University. Postgraduate, North Carolina State University.

Postgraduate, Vanderbilt University. Master of Arts in Communications, Syracuse University, 1969. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.

Career

Director communications, World Vision International, Monrovia, California, 1970-1972; professor committee, Columbia (South Carolina.) Bible College and Seminary, 1972-1975; founder, management consultant, Jerry Ballard Associations, Atlanta, 1975-1978; chief Executive officer, World Relief Corporation, Winfield, Illinois, 1978-1991; principal, Executive Counselling Group, Winfield, since 1992. Lecturer Lausanne (Switzerland) Congress, 1974. Guest lecturer First AsiaMission Congress, Seoul, 1990.

Special assignments for President of the United States and State Department at United Nations meetings, 1980-1991. Board dirs American Council for Volunteer International Action, 1979-1991.

Achievements

• Gerald Porter Ballard has been listed as a noteworthy executive counseling company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Winnie Underwood, 1958. Children: Kimberley Michelle, Keri Melynn.

Father:

Loy Everett Ballard

Mother:

Gertrude (Oakley) Ballard

Spouse:

Winnie Underwood

child:

Kimberley Michelle Ballard

child:

Keri Melynn Ballard