Jason Gersh, PhD

Biography

Jason Gersh serves as Executive Director of Finance & Administration for the Office of the Provost and has been working at Drexel University since 2007. Gersh’s educational background is in historical musicology, and he completed a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Haverford College and a PhD in Musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he wrote a dissertation on the motets of late 16th-century English composer William Byrd.

In his current role in the Office of the Provost, Gersh manages faculty appointments and reappointments, staff hires, budgetary/financial reporting and analysis, policy review, and various other projects for the Provost and academic division of the University. In addition, he provides financial oversight for the administrative units rolling up to the Provost’s Office and serves as a primary liaison within the academic division for joint projects with stakeholders from the other divisions and units of the University.

Outside of his professional engagements, he is active as a choral singer/composer and amateur genealogist, serving as a board member for nonprofit organizations in both areas. Gersh lives with his wife and daughters in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.