Speakers Bureau: Jerry Jones

Speaking Topics:  Media Relations and GLBT Issues, Public Relations and the GLBT Community, Public Speaking, Business Growth in the GLBT Community, Marketing to the GLBT Community, GLBT Health Issues, GLBT Journalism, and Emergency Response

Biography:  Jerry Jones serves as assistant director of News and Public Affairs Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he provides assistance to media organizations throughout the Middle Tennessee Region. He is a board member of the Nashville GLBT Chamber of Commerce and treasurer of the Nashville Chapter of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalism Association (NLGJA).

Jerry also owns Tennessee's largest GLBT newspaper, Out & About Newspaper, which he started in October 2002.  Jerry has been a member of the Chamber since 2003 and has served on the board of directors since 2005.

Jerry has a B.A. in communications and journalism from Lipscomb University and a master's degree in public administration from Tennessee State University.

Jerry is also a licensed emergency medical technician and certified firefighter.  He served as the public information officer and firefighter/engineer for the City of Brentwood, Tennessee as well as the Chief/Director of Emergency Management Services for Bedford County, Tennessee.  Before coming to Vanderbilt, Jerry worked with training fire and EMS departments across the country in basic concepts of emergency response to terrorism.

Contact: jjones@outandaboutnewspaper.com

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