Gary Marsh
Principal & Creative Director

Gary Marsh, founder of Marsh Marketing, is an accomplished professional with more than 20 years of experience overseeing successful corporate and media communications, media planning, promotion, publicity, internet marketing, reputation management and crisis communications services. As a marketing advisor and corporate storyteller, Gary develops and executes strategic campaigns and business development initiatives that are tailored to increase mind share and market share for the companies he represents, and in a variety of industries including real estate, professional services, golf, hospitality, clean tech/solar and water purification. Supporting local, regional and national clients, Gary specializes in managing client campaigns and budgets (including a host of talented subcontractors), providing creative direction, writing, publicity and reputation management consulting. 

Gary has built one of the most recognizable boutique marketing communications firms in the U.S. His firm has generated thousands of press clips for clients in mainstream media including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and dozens of regional and daily newspapers, business journals, trade publications and industry magazines. Marsh Marketing clients have appeared on local television broadcasts and participated in speaking roles as experts on numerous event panels.

Prior to starting Marsh Marketing in 1998, Gary was Western Region Corporate Communications Manager for Cushman & Wakefield. Located in the San Francisco office of this international real estate brokerage services firm, Gary supported 22 offices and managed ten PR and Advertising firms west of Chicago. Before working at Cushman & Wakefield, Gary was a staff reporter at the San Jose Business Journal covering economic development, real estate, hospitality, and retail industry sectors. Earlier in his career, he held sales and management positions with Raytec and Bruner and was a top producer in California, Arizona and Nevada, selling capital equipment that transformed potable water to varying degrees of high purity for industrial and manufacturing purposes using filtration, ion exchange and reverse osmosis technologies.

Gary is also an experienced freelance writer with articles published on behalf of his clients in a variety of media outlets. In addition, he has published dozens of his own articles on miscellaneous topics in regional and national magazines, including Urban Land Magazine and Outdoor Apparel. He has served as a media expert witness for corporate litigation cases. Gary’s pro bono work has supported the Humane Society, the First Tee organization and residential building initiatives in Marin County, among others. Marsh Marketing has generously contributed to dozens of local and regional causes and charities, as well as national affairs or disasters, such as the surviving families of the 9.11 attack in New York, Hurricane Katrina and recently, the clintonbushhaitifund.org to help rebuild the Caribbean island after the disastrous earthquake in January 2010.
 
Gary earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder. During his senior year, Gary served as a feature stories writer and intern with the Boulder Daily Camera and concurrently was a contributing editor at CU’s Campus press.

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