Jerry Bernhart

Bernhart Associates Executive Search, LLC is owned and managed by Jerry Bernhart, a leading and nationally recognized direct marketing search consultant. The Bernhart Associates Direct Marketing Employment Survey, published quarterly, has become the most widely followed and quoted employment report in the direct marketing industry and is published annually in the Direct Marketing Association's Statistical Fact Book, the most comprehensive publication of facts and trends in the direct marketing industry. Jerry is often quoted by the direct marketing news media and has written dozens of articles for leading direct marketing publications such as DM News, DIRECT Magazine and numerous regional direct marketing organization newsletters. Jerry Bernhart was among six other prominent direct marketers featured on the cover of Target Marketing magazine in February 2005, predicting key trends shaping the direct marketing industy.

Jerry is a frequent speaker at national direct marketing conferences, including DMA 05 where he moderated a first of its kind two-day pre-conference workshop on Professional Development. Jerry was also a member of the Program Advisory Committee for the DM Days New York Conference & Exposition, 2005. Jerry is Director of Executive Search for the Database Marketing Institute and CEO of directmarketingcareers.com, the internet's most complete employment site for the direct marketing industry. Jerry Bernhart was a contributor to the critically acclaimed Data Mining Cookbook by Olivia Parr Rud and has been a guest speaker at SAS User Groups.
Jerry joins other distinguished direct marketers as a charter Advisory Board member of Data University, which helps direct marketers leverage their data assets through comprehensive training, education and consulting by a faculty of experts in database marketing, information processing, CRM and privacy. Bernhart Associates Executive Search, LLC also achieved membership in The Pinnacle Society, an honors organization of the nation's top executive search firms.