Gerald G. Keehn
Vice President
Jerry Keehn is Vice President of Marketing for BES, Inc. Jerry has served as Regional and Divisional Vice President and National Marketing Manager for three major companies during his extensive career: NEC America, a global Fortune 500 Company with more than 154,000 employees world-wide, $41 billion in revenues and a leader in technology solutions; GTE now known as Verizon Communications Inc., one of the largest and most sophisticated telecom networks in the world; and The Graybar Corporation, successfully handling 13 different assignments over 22 years. Graybar operates more than 250 facilities throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. The company’s rankings include:
- #450 on the 2007 Fortune 500 Ranking of America’s largest companies.
- On the Fortune America’s Most Admired Companies list for the sixth consecutive year (2006)
- #50 on Forbes’ 2006 ranking of the 500 largest Private Companies
- #12 on the National Center for Employee Ownership’s Top 100 rankings (2006)
Mr. Keehn managed a series of increasingly larger business units throughout the U.S. ranging from branch to region to division in size with annual budgets in excess of 100 million. His passion for teamwork, integrity, high company morale, and building personal relationships within the business community, has been the hallmark of his success. Additionally, he owned and operated his own real estate firm, taking it to number one in the marketplace in less than five years.
Mr. Keehn served as Chairman of the Board for the Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce (06-07), is Director of the ESCOC Foundation, Chairman for the Blueprint for Tomorrow initiative, and a former U.S. Marine.