Gail A. Gerono holds an MBA from the Donahue Graduate School of Business [3] at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA, as well as a BA in French from Mercyhurst College. Gerono is the vice president of investor relations, communications, and human resources at Calgon Carbon, a company that removes contaminants and odors from liquids and gases. Gerono [4] joined Calgon Carbon in 1990 as manager of investor relations and was promoted to director in 1993. She became the first woman to serve as a vice president at the company in 2002.