Ronnie Gunnerson
Veronica “Ronnie” Gunnerson retired in 2021 after a distinguished career in communications – first as a business journalist in the early days of the personal computer and home video industries, then as a public relations executive at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (now Warner Bros. Discovery), and finally as an affiliate associate professor in Communication at Loyola University Maryland. Her 50-plus-year professional life also has seen notable successes in the nonprofit sector, including being tapped as the founding executive director of the PBS Foundation and called to serve as the executive director of the ALS Association DC/MD/VA Chapter. One of her latest successes, the children’s book “Emily’s Secret Slippers” (Apprentice House, 2022), marks the beginning of the fourth phase of her communications journey. Widowed with grown children and grandchildren, she delights in the company of her townhouse mates Calico Cat Minnie and Yorkshire Terrier Nellie at the Chester River on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.