Wayne Gertmenian

Dr. Gertmenian served the Nixon and Ford administrations as a Chief Détente Negotiator in Moscow for the Chairman of the National Security Council, as an emissary to Tehran for the Secretary of Commerce, and as Special Assistant to the Secretary of HUD. His corporate experience includes five years as COO of Ready Pac, a leading food processor, and four years as CEO of the Jockeys' Guild, a sports union.

Dr. Gertmenian has been honored by Pepperdine University as the first recipient of the Charles Luckman Teaching Fellowship, and is the only professor to receive the award twice. His seminars on economic restructuring, presented several times a year in Russia, are critically acclaimed, and his protégés have reached the highest levels of business and government including the President Vladimir Putin’s director of administration. He is the author of a mathematics primer for the study of economics and the nationally marketed audio series, Everything Is Negotiable.

Dr. Gertmenian is an honorary citizen of China, and a Distinguished Professor of Pacific Rim Negotiations at two universities in Shandong Province. Each year, by special invitation from the Chinese government, he shepherds a group of graduate students, alumni, and friends on a springtime study tour of China and Tibet.

For three years, Dr. Gertmenian hosted an AM radio talk show in Los Angeles, a call-in program featuring commentary on the social, economic, and geopolitical factors that influence global events. His eclectic guest list featured many of the great entertainers, athletes, politicians, judicial authorities, and business leaders of the world. He has appeared as a guest expert on many local and national news productions and has been quoted in publications throughout the world.

Dr. Gertmenian is an Eagle Scout, the youngest ever to receive the award. He and his wife Cynthia, an architect, have reared nine children and provide a sanctuary for numerous abandoned animals.

Specialties: Economics, econometrics, international negotiations, labor law, collective bargaining, management consulting, executive coach