Grocery Manufacturers of America

Gene Grabowski Biography

	Gene Grabowski Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc. Vice President, Communications 1010 Wisconsin Avenue NW Ninth Floor Washington, D.C. 20007   USA Phone: 202-337-9400 Fax: 202-337-4508 Email: ggg@gmabrands.com

Gene Grabowski, Vice President, Communications, develops and implements GMA's media, industry and member relations communications programs. Additionally, he serves as the organization's chief communications strategist and spokesperson.

Before joining GMA, Grabowski served as a Director in the Washington office of Burson-Marsteller, where he developed and managed national advocacy and media relations campaigns for leading U.S. corporations. He has also worked as Director of Media Relations for the American Council of Life Insurance and as Manager of Press Information at C-SPAN.

For more than 12 years, Grabowski worked as a journalist. He reported on congressional issues for the Associated Press and served as White House Reporter for the Washington Times.

Grabowski is a member of the Board of Directors of the Food Institute and a member of the Communications Advisory Committee to the Board of Directors of the National Capital Area Red Cross

Grabowski graduated magna cum laude at the University of Pittsburgh with a B.A. in Writing and Speech and has done graduate work in management at the University of Michigan.

GMA is the world's largest association of food, beverage and consumer product companies. With U.S. sales of more than $460 billion, GMA members employ more than 2.5 million workers in all 50 states. The organization applies legal, scientific and political expertise from its member companies to vital food, nutrition and public policy issues affecting the industry. Led by a board of 44 Chief Executive Officers, GMA speaks for food and consumer product manufacturers at the state, federal and international levels on legislative and regulatory issues. The association also leads efforts to increase productivity, efficiency and growth in the food, beverage and consumer products industry