Charlie Gerow

Charles R. Gerow
Gerow in February 2017.
Education	Villanova University School of Law
Occupation	Quantum Communications CEO, Political Consultant and Media Analyst

Charles R. Gerow, is a prominent American strategic communications professional. Called "Harrisburg's most politically well-connected conservative" by Harrisburg Magazine, Gerow is the CEO of Quantum Communications, a Harrisburg-based public relations and public affairs firm.

In 2010, Politics Magazine named him one of the most influential Republicans in Pennsylvania. He was also named one of the Top Ten Political Consultants in Pennsylvania by PA2010.com. In 2013, Campaigns and Elections named him one of ten Pennsylvanians to their prestigious "Influencers 500" list.

Gerow holds a law degree from Villanova University School of Law and has been a Pennsylvania attorney for over 35 years. Gerow began his career on the campaign staff of President Ronald Reagan and continued to do political work for President Reagan throughout the next 25 years. He was an Alternate Delegate At Large at the 1988 Republican National Convention, elected as a Delegate to the 2004 and 2012 Republican National Conventions. and an Alternate Delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention. He has attended every Republican National Convention since 1976.

In 1989, he helped to found the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference. During the 1996 presidential election, Gerow was a surrogate speaker for Bob Dole. In 2000, he was a candidate in the 2000 Republican primary to represent Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district, where he lost to Todd Russell Platts.

Gerow serves as the First Vice Chairman of the American Conservative Union, and on the boards of the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge and the American Swiss Foundation.