Gertrude O’Sullivan

Ms. O’Sullivan has worked in the fields of public relations, publicity, general business administration and film and video production for all of her professional life.  She began as the Administrator of Advertising for Pepsi Cola International, where her responsibilities included serving as comptroller for all of the company’s marketing departments.  Since moving to Litchfield County in 1979, she has brought this experience to the non-profit world, helping health and human service agencies conduct projects, promote their services and produce educational and promotional videos. She takes particular pride in the fact that the results of three of her needs assessment projects focusing on seniors were used as catalysts in establishing a senior center in one community and a community center in another.  As a video producer, Ms. O’Sullivan is a Northeast Regional Emmy nominee and a recipient of a Telly and an Aurora Award (in the field of education) for the film Exposed: The Continuing Story of AIDS.  She has served on the boards of numerous organizations, including the Special Olympics, CT AIDS Bike Tour, American Cancer Society, Northwest Transit, and the Area Agency on Aging.