Jarrod Gerhardt

Jarrod Gerhardt currently serves as the Director of Communications & Marketing at San Francisco Bay University since June 2025. Previously, Gerhardt was the Chief Marketing Officer at Ceres Chill, which specializes in products for breastfeeding mothers. Prior roles include Senior Vice President and Marketing Director at Heritage Bank of Commerce, and Bank of Marin, where marketing strategies were developed for community bank services. Gerhardt has extensive experience in marketing leadership at institutions such as Boston Private Bank & Trust and WaMu, as well as in sales and marketing roles at Courtesy Mortgage and GlobeID. Gerhardt holds an MBA in Marketing from Boston University and a BA in English from Santa Clara University. Additional qualifications include a certificate in Social Media Technologies and Implementation from the University of Washington.