Jerry Lee Gibbons

Background

Gibbons, Jerry Lee was born on February 10, 1936 in Coalinga, California, United States. Son of James A. and Hazel Bernice (Drummond) Gibbons.

Education

Bachelor, San Jose State University, 1958.

Career

Trainee, Young & Rubicam, San Francisco, 1957; account executive, McCann-Erickson, San Francisco, 1960-1963; assistant to president, Western Outdoor Markets, San Francisco, 1964; vice president, sales manager, Naegele Outdoor Advertising, Oakland, California, 1965-1967; account executive, Blair Radio Company, San Francisco, 1968; account executive, Campbell-Ewald, San Francisco, 1969; vice president, account supervisor, Dailey & Associations, San Francisco, 1970-1971; co-founder, president, Pritikin & Gibbons Communications, San Francisco, 1971-1973; president, Ayer, Pritikin & Gibbons, San Francisco, 1973-1981; president, chief Executive officer, Doyle Dane Bernbach, San Francisco, 1981-1987; senior vice president group management, Foote, Cone and Belding, San Francisco, 1987-1989; president, Gibbons & Dickens, San Francisco, 1989-1992; senior vice president, American Association of Advertising agencies, San Francisco, since 1992. Guest lecturer San Jose State University and San Francisco State University, 1970-1973.

Achievements

• Jerry Lee Gibbons has been listed as a noteworthy advertising executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of advisory board National Association Visually Handicapped, 1968-1972. Board directors, member Executive Committee Oakland Symphony Orchestra Association, 1980-1983. Elder Montclair Presbyterian Church, Oakland, 1974-1984.

Board directors United States Organisation for Disabled Athletes, 1987-1990. Member of advisory committee Fred Finch Youth Center, 1987. Director The Marine Mammel Center, since 1993, board chair The Marine Mammal Center, 1993-1996.

Served with United States Army, 1958-1960. Member American Association Advertising Agilysys (Board of Governors Northern California chapter, chairman Westernregion), Sales and Marketing Association San Francisco (chairman publicity committee 1975-1976, past president), San Francisco Society Communicating Arts (president, director 1975-1978), San San Francisco Chamber of C., San Francisco Advertising Club (past president, director), Alpha Delta Sigma (past president, director).

Interests

• Avocation: ranching.

Connections

Married Alba Valdez, February 22, 1963. Children: Jeffery Scott, Cristin Lyn, Trisha Leigh.

Father:

James A. Gibbons

Mother:

Hazel Bernice (Drummond) Gibbons

Spouse:

Alba Valdez

child:

Trisha Leigh Gibbons

child:

Jeffery Scott Gibbons

child:

Cristin Lyn Gibbons