Gerry Killeen is a unique combination of creative talent and business savvy -- her career was built as a Creative Director/writer; at KTG she also uses her management skills to manage the creative work flow, handle Human Resources and oversee the internal running of the company.
A founding partner of The Kaplan Thaler Group, Gerry was previously a Senior Partner at J. Walter Thompson. During her 20 year tenure at JWT, Gerry formed her long friendship and working relationship with Linda Kaplan Thaler; together they ran the Kodak and Northwest Airlines accounts.
Beyond this collaboration, Gerry has independently established considerable creative credits: a winner of six CLIOS, and numerous other advertising awards, she served as Associate Creative Director/Creative Manager on Boston Market, Nestea and Kodak?s Business-to-Business account. In addition, she combined her writing skills and keen business acumen as Creative Director on The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Accounts.
Gerry has a B.A. from Kansas Newman College where she serves on the Board Directors and as president of the Alumni Association.