Jerry Sears

Jerry is the author of five books: "Political Corruption", "Making Rain," "Generating Trust," "A Course in Miracles in 5 Minutes," and "Career Miracles."

Jerry has an MBA from New York University, a BA in Economics from Queens College. He graduated from Officer Candidate School at the Coast Guard Academy and received his honorable discharge 8 yrs later.

Jerry has spent fifty years as a venture capitalist, investment banker and executive recruiter. During these years he reviewed thousands of financial offerings, and as a partner in a major investment banking firm, has funded more than $3 billion in equity and debt.

He was Chairman of the Executive Committee of MIDA, a U.S. merchant bank in Africa. MIDA's main office was in Accra, Ghana with additional offices in Nairobi, Kenya, and Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He was also a director and then Chairman of the Illinois Industrial Development Authority, a state financing agency.

Thirty-five years ago, Jerry joined Dunhill, a large executive recruiting firm and then formed his own firm, Sears & Associates, five years later. He specialized in recruiting senior management for Fortune 500 firms and in merging law firms nationally and internationally.

In 2005, Jerry and his wife, Ellen, retired to Boulder Colorado, where Ellen trades the futures markets and Jerry writes books, mostly novels.