Personal & Business Life
Personal Life
Born in Greenville, South Carolina Jerry moved to New York City in his first year. Raised in New York City until adulthood, Jerry has a fond appreciation for the arts (museums, opera, concerts), a wide variety of great ethnic foods, diverse people, and famous landmarks. Ellis Island has particular significance because Jerry’s great-grandfather immigrated legally through this facility from Greece to the United States in the early 1900’s.
After graduating high school, Jerry left New York to attend college working numerous jobs to pay his bills. Through these work opportunities Jerry discovered and developed his interpersonal skills, strategic business decision making, and entrepreneurial spirit. These talents were recognized by others and eventually culminated in a job opportunity which moved Jerry to Maryland in 1996.
In 2000 Jerry married Michelle, an elementary school teacher who has taught in both private (Grace Christian) and public (Crofton Woods) school settings. They currently live outside of Crofton with their growing toddler son Andrew and two Cocker Spaniel dogs. The Walkers enjoy beach vacations, traveling abroad, visiting with family, going to the movies, and enlarging their circle of friends.
Business Life
Jerry has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Summa Cum Laude with a concentration in Economics. He began his business career working for Kinko’s while attending night school. Jerry worked his way to a manager’s position within the first six months of employment. In 1995, Jerry was recruited to work for a nationwide office equipment dealer on their sales team, and in 1996, he moved to Maryland to work for DCA Imaging Systems.
At DCA he was initially one of six employees and now runs the daily operations of the company as Vice President. Over the past 12 years, the DCA team has grown the company from six employees to 28 and from $400K to just over $5 million in annual revenue. Jerry is convinced that we need more people with business experience involved in all levels of government which is one of the reasons he is running for office.
While recently on the campaign trail he was quoted as saying, “Government doesn’t create jobs, the private sector does, and until we have elected officials who understand this concept we will continue to have an anti-business environment”.
As Jerry goes door-to-door meeting constituents, friends, and neighbors, he shares with all that he has sat behind an employer’s checkbook, he knows what it is like to pay bills, make payroll, and create jobs. This experience is what we need in government as we continue to solve the difficult economic decisions the next County Council will be forced to handle. Jerry believes that the key to the future economic success of Anne Arundel County is for government to reduce its size, eliminate over-regulation, and keep taxes low for the people and businesses that call Anne Arundel County home.
