Errol Gerson is a Strategic Management consultant, professional coach and mentor, and has been a professor at the renowned Art Center College of Design in Pasadena for the past 53 years. He just authored a new book called “50.”
Errol was raised in South Africa where his Jewish father, South African mother, and their family endured and fought against the cruelty and oppression of Apartheid. He brings this life experience to his coaching and teaching, drawing from his own deep spirituality and faith.
Gerson came to the United States at age 20 to escape the danger is South Africa and attend college. After graduating from USC with an undergraduate Degree in Accounting and an MBA in Finance of Taxation, he worked in public accounting and consulting. In 1978 he founded a business management and accounting company focusing on creatives and music industry performers. He sold the company in 1992 to his partners, and then co-founded ‘cow’, the first Interactive Design firm in the US. He subsequently sold the company in 1999. Gerson then joined Creative Artists Agency as Director of New Media until he was recruited to become the COO of the National Lampoon Television network in 2005. After completing his duties and leaving the Lampoon in 2010, he became a Principal in the Gerson Group Financial and Management Consultants.
Errol has served on many Boards, and currently is the Treasurer of the Corita Art Center and the AIGA.
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