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David Perry Named to Board of San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

David Perry Named to Board of San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

25 July 2019 – San Francisco: Longtime public relations professional and communications strategist David Perry has been named to the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Perry is the founder / CEO of David Perry & Associates, Inc (www.davidperry.com).

“I am deeply honored to join the Chamber Board in supporting San Francisco, the City that knows how to build business and support the community in equal measure,” said Perry, 57. “San Francisco has long understood that one does well by doing good. Like any large city, we have challenges. I look forward to working on those challenges with my colleagues.”

Perry joins fellow new board members Cammy Blackstone, Tony Calabrese, Stephanie Isaacson, Mike McGee, Julie Rosendahl, Kate Sofis, and John Viola.

DP&A, Inc. clients include Alliance for Smiles, the Breast Cancer Emergency Fund, singer Breanna Sinclairé, George Lucas’ Skywalker Properties, Kilroy Real Estate, AsiaSF, URI, Manny’s, Dezart Performs, the Cathedral City Senior Center, author Jim Haas, the International Ocean Film Festival and VisitRichmondCA among others.

In addition, he has worked on such high profile city-wide projects as the Running of the Olympic Torch, Home For Halloween, America’s Cup, Super Bowl 50, Bay to Breakers, New Year’s Eve, the recent Grace Cathedral / Notre Dame Solidarity Concert, Tony Bennett Way and the Rugby World Cup Sevens International Championship.

Perry is the co-founder and president of the LGBT nonprofit Rainbow Honor Walk and a member of SF Travel, the San Francisco Hotel Council, the Desert Business Association, the Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Golden Gate Business Association. Perry was the creator / host of “10 Percent”, with over 351 episodes, the longest running LGBT TV show in California history.

Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Perry moved to San Francisco in 1986. Perry and his husband / business partner, Alfredo Casuso, have been together since 1998 and were married in 2008.