Words of Praise
“Gerry Gomez Pearlberg was more than a consultant on our recent annual report—she was a true partner every step of the way. I could not have asked for a more supportive colleague, a more detail-oriented project writer, or a more understanding and sympathetic storyteller who helped us craft an extremely well-written annual report. Working with Gerry was an absolute pleasure, professionally and personally.”
David Rubeo, Communications and Marketing Manager
SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders)
“Gerry’s expertise has been tremendously helpful as P/PV crafts a new slate of communications that are accessible to a broad audience, but also capture the complexity of our mission and work.”
Chelsea Farley, Vice President for Communications
Public/Private Ventures (P/PV)
“Gerry Gomez Pearlberg is a grantwriting guru.”
Candia Richards-Clarke, Chief Operating Officer
Bronx AIDS Services, Inc.
“Gerry Gomez Pearlberg is everything a professional consultant should be—honest and straightforward in her negotiations, reliable and highly skilled in terms of her work products, and a pleasure to work with on any writing assignment that requires clarity, precision, and intelligence.”
Diane Arneth, Executive Director
Community Health Action of Staten Island
“Since Gerry began consulting for METRO in mid-2007, she has helped us conceptualize a major re-design of our e-newsletter, served as editor of the e-newsletter, revised many pages on our website, and written e-blasts for us. Because she is such a quick learner, it took her no time to understand our organization and contribute new ideas for enhancing our materials. Along with being a terrific writer, she’s very open to what other people think, keeps to her deadlines, and is dependable. She pays a lot of attention to detail while working to understand the big picture. I highly recommend her.”
Dottie Hiebing, Executive Director
Metropolitan New York Library Council
“It has been a true joy to work with Gerry Gomez Pearlberg for more than a decade. In that time, Gerry has become an integral part of AIDS Service Center NYC. She consistently helps me translate ASC’s efforts into graceful prose that inspires and captures the special nature of the agency’s work.
“I have come to both appreciate and depend upon Gerry’s versatility, intellect, and consistently high-quality work. She writes government grant applications, print and web-based marketing materials, fundraising solicitations, annual reports, and client education materials with an equal degree of thoroughness and care. She consistently provides wise guidance on projects, timeframes, and priorities.
“One of the things I enjoy most about working with Gerry is being able to call her with the beginning of an idea and a blank page. Through her probing questions and insights, we develop a theme together, whether for a fundraising letter or ASC’s E-newsletter. A few hours later, Gerry has transformed that blank page into an excellent product that fulfills my request beyond expectations. Gerry is a gifted writer, editor, and friend. We are blessed to have her as part of the ASC family.”
Sharen I. Duke, Executive Director/CEO
AIDS Service Center NYC
“Over the past six years, Gerry Gomez Pearlberg has provided grant writing services for Bronx AIDS Services so many times that some at the agency think she is on staff. In all, she has helped BAS secure more than $6 million—no slight accomplishment for a mid-sized non-profit. In addition to being a remarkable wordsmith who can capture the 'feel' of a program, Gerry has the extraordinary talent of being able to help you edit down your 20 pages of information to the 10-page maximum the funder has set, without losing the essential information. Her editorial queries on proposal drafts invariably help to clarify the point you are trying to make. Gerry has never failed us on a deadline, and is always very clear about what she can accomplish in a given time frame. When we contemplate responding to a Request for Proposals, Gerry’s availability to work with us is always a consideration in our final decision of whether to apply.”
S.J. Avery, Chief Executive Officer
Bronx AIDS Services, Inc.
“It was our great fortune to find Gerry Gomez Pearlberg. She came highly recommended by people we respect and her work more than lived up to her reputation. Working with her was a pleasure; without her it’s doubtful that we would have been successful in applying for and receiving a Ford Foundation grant.”
Sweet Honey In The Rock
“Gerry Gomez Pearlberg’s crisp, intelligent, and accessible writing style has benefited the Funding Exchange for nearly a decade. We’ve hired Gerry to write and edit many of our marketing materials, including major projects like our Guide to Creative Giving, our twentieth and twenty-fifth anniversary reports, our organizational brochure, and portions of our website. In her work, Gerry routinely goes beyond the call of duty in terms of conducting thorough background research, interviewing subjects, coordinating with our publication designers, and keeping large projects on track. She is an excellent writer and a joy to work with.”
Ellen Gurzinksy, Executive Director
The Funding Exchange
“Gerry has been an incredible asset to our agency. We have used her frequently to edit government proposals and our website. The quality of her work is superior. We know we can always rely on her to be detail-oriented, professional, and accurate. Her consultation has helped us grow programs that have not always been the easiest to support through government funding. She provided the guidance we needed to make a strong case for our cause, and we have succeeded in winning the contracts to make our vision a reality. Beyond that, she is a pleasure to work with and really understands how community-based organizations operate.”
Linda Leonard, Executive Director
Andy Peters, Associate Director for Program Development
Long Island Crisis Center
“Gerry Gomez Pearlberg is a pleasure to work with. We have completed two major grant applications with her assistance. Gerry’s familiarity with government requirements and phrasing, her ability to capture the essence of what needs to be said succinctly and comprehensively, and most of all, her ability to edit and organize unmanageable material into a cohesive and compelling document, make her a most valuable asset to the grantwriting process. Both times we have worked with her, Gerry was unfailingly available, helpful, and reliable. We would most certainly request her services again for future funding applications.”
Andrea Straus Shurin, Deputy Executive Director
AIDS-Related Community Services (ARCS)
(Hudson Valley Region)