Gerald Coleman

Gerald B. Coleman is a specialist in the field of higher education with a particular emphasis on financial stabilization and improvement.

Mr. Coleman’s expertise in higher education derives from having served as Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer for several colleges, assisting them to stabilize their financial condition.  Mr. Coleman is a turnaround specialist, helping institutions achieve positive operating results, sometimes even after years of deficits.  Further, Mr. Coleman has helped colleges obtain capital financing to restructure their debt obligations and make capital improvements.  Additionally, working with regional and national banks, Mr. Coleman has helped institutions obtain lines of credit to smooth out cash flow requirements.  While offering expert coaching and counseling, Mr. Coleman has effectively managed financial departments, helping them to raise their standards and achieve greater operating efficiencies.

Prior to his higher education experience, Mr. Coleman served as District Finance Manager for one of Digital Equipment Corporation’s (now Hewlett-Packard) largest districts, again bringing his turnaround expertise to bear in moving the Southeast District from last place (among thirty districts) to first place in operating profits.  Mr. Coleman’s background also includes serving as Group Controller with full profit and loss responsibility for Digital’s largest stand-alone division.  Mr. Coleman began his financial career with Polaroid Corporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In addition to providing chief financial officer consultant services for several colleges and universities, Mr. Coleman has also directed computer software migrations from visionary stage to implementation.  He has extensive experience in the areas of cash flow analysis and management, budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, policies and procedures, financial and management reporting, contract negotiation, audit management, and administrative coaching.

Mr. Coleman graduated from Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania with a BA in Economics.  He earned his MBA in Marketing from the University of Rochester in New York.  Mr. Coleman also holds a Certificate in Management Development from Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.