The President today announced his intention to appoint Jerry Douglas Geist to be a member of the President's Export Council. Mr. Geist has been with Public Service Co. of New Mexico for 25 years and now serves as chairman and president. In addition, he is a director of Reddy Communications, Inc.; Lectrosonics, Inc.; Southwest Community Health Services; Resources for the Future; and United New Mexico Financial Corp.
Mr. Geist graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder (B.S., 1956). He is married, has three children, and resides in Albuquerque, NM. He was born May 23, 1934, in Raton, NM.
Ronald Reagan, Appointment of Jerry Douglas Geist as a Member of the President's Export Council Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/258230