Background
Coletta, Gerard Charles was born on December 9, 1944 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Gerard Charles and Eileen Gertrude Coletta.
Coletta, Gerard Charles was born on December 9, 1944 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Gerard Charles and Eileen Gertrude Coletta.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Tufts U., 1966; Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968; postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley, 1969-1971.
Design engineer Standard Oil of California, San Francisco, 1968-1971. Staff consultant Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, 1971-1978. Corporation director of safety and health National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, California, 1978-1981.
Senior consultant Risk Planning Group, Darien, Connecticut, 1981-1983. President Risk Control Services, Tiburon, California, 1983-1986. Vice president and practice manager Tillinghast division Towers Perrin Company, San Francisco, 1986-1991.
Senior vice president, national practice manager, business continuity consultant Marsh United States of America (formerly Sedgwick of California), 1991-2000. Vice president, national practice leader, business continuity consultant Palmer & Cay, Boston, 2000—2004. National practice leader business continuing consultant Milliman Inc., Wakefield, 2004—2008.
Managing partner Coletta and Wight LLC, Carlisle, since 2008. Speaker in field.
Member American Society for Testing and Materials (chairman committee 1980-1985, board directors sub-committee 1987-1991, Special Service award 1985, Achievement award 1986), American Society Safety Engineers, National Safety Management Society, Tufts University Chemical Engineering Alumni Council, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Pamela S. Wight, June 30, 1984. Children: Nadine, Sean.