Speaker Information Jerry Bernhart, of Bernhart Associates Executive Search, LLC. For more than 18 years Jerry Bernhart has helped hundreds of direct marketers advance their careers. His name is synonymous with recruitment in the direct marketing industry. A frequent speaker at national and regional direct marketing conferences, his articles and interviews appear frequently in major direct marketing publications such as DM News, DIRECT and Target Marketing Magazine. The Bernhart Associates quarterly job survey has become the most widely followed employment indicator in the direct marketing industry.