Gery L. Deer began his diverse career in mechanical engineering with a focus on computer technical support and programming. Over the last two decades, he has shifted his focus to communications as an independent commercial copywriter and freelance journalist. Currently, Gery is the creative and managing director of GLD Enterprises Communications, Ltd., a marketing communications agency based near Dayton, Ohio. Founded in 1998, the firm works in all areas of advertising and marketing including website development and content, digital marketing and customer-centric advertising. GLD Enterprises Communications, Ltd.’s client roster includes heavy hitters like Culligan Water, McAfee Heating & Air, Cox Media, Dayton Mailing Services, Inc., and CMG Financial Services, as well as smaller companies.
Gery’s syndicated op-ed series, “Deer In Headlines,” has been featured in print and online throughout the southwestern Ohio region since 2008 and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in Journalism in 2010. To help promote writing and literacy in the tristate region, Gery co-founded and serves as executive director of the Western Ohio Writers Association (WOWA), a non-profit group that provides critique sessions, educational programs, professional growth and networking opportunities to writers of all types in southwestern Ohio, northwestern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana.
In 2015, Gery was asked to chair the communications committee for the Dayton regional office of Prevent Blindness and was recently voted into the executive leadership committee of that organization. Since 2012, he has served as a the business contributor and freelance producer for the WDTN-TV2 dayton television program, “Living Dayton.”