Currently, James J. Gerace occupies the position of Chief Communications Officer at Verizon Communications, Inc. and President for Verizon New Jersey, Inc. and Chief Communications Officer at Cellco Partnership, Inc. (both are subsidiaries of Verizon Communications, Inc.).

He is also on the board of The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York and Vice Chairman-New Jersey Region at INROADS, Inc.

In the past James J. Gerace occupied the position of President of Jersey Battered Women's Service, Inc., Director-Public Relations at Nynex Mobile Communications, Head-Corporate Communications at Verizon Wireless, Inc. and Vice President-Public Relations at Bell Atlantic Mobile.

He received an undergraduate degree from State University of New York at Buffalo.