Gary Eberhart Email & Phone Number

Pastor and Fruitful Congregations Journey Coach and Consultant

Sheridan, In

Developing new sales and marketing programs for mid-sized and larger insurance company clients for international insurance consulting group specializing in benchmarking and best practices.Doubled new business revenue between 2009 and 2010.Developed Ward Research Center Subscription Service with nearly 100 participating companies in first year.Renamed lead products and assisted in redefining print and electronic marketing materials.

Developed and operated two franchise ice cream stores. Served as President of Ritter's Advertising Cooperative for two years.

Oversaw association and PIA Service Corporation. Turned around nine - year individual membership decline with two percent growth in third year.Oversaw reorganization of association from 49 employees to 20 and increased member deliverables. Developed national grass roots strategy significantly improving association's presence on Capitol Hill. Served on a variety of National Boards and Committees and completed over 40 national publication articles and interviews and made numerous presentations at national and regional meetings.Converted all publications to electronic.

Added 109 new members and stabilized membership with 98% retention in consolidating industry. Strategically redefined and reorganized two connected corporations, reducing costs by 60% and increasing services.Developed and delivered Board and Management training to improve performance and efficiency. Increased cross selling among members from 56% in 1994 to 78% in 1998. Grew national convention trade show from 37 to 86 exhibitors and contributed majority of bottom lines profit for the event.

Oversaw seven regional offices. Developed long range strategic marketing plan and execution plans for new programs. Initiated development of a new national magazine for its 10,000 builder clients. Led thirty-seven member national sales staff to achieve annual sales goal of $34 million in what was then the worst new home sales year in three decades.

Directed Agency Division Marketing, Circle Agents Program and Market Research departments. Developed the company's first electronic Commercial Lines Marketing Program. Directed task force developing new corporate Profit Sharing Program and served on National Field Reorganization Team. Chaired National Future One Market Research Committee; Keynote presenter 1989 IIAI National Convention. Co-authored a training manual on sales planning.

Mba

Certificate, Organization Management

Sponsored by the US Chamber of Commerce

Bs, Education

Activities and Societies: Track, Theta ChiTrack Team and Theta Chi Fraternity