James Aloysius Garrity 2nd was born June 8, 1937 to Harold Thomas Garrity and Mary Broderick Garrity. He grew up with his brother Matt and his sister’s Kathy and Mary Ann. In 1963 he married Andrea Joan Schlick, whose parents were John and Adrienne, her sisters are Pam and Paula her brother is John. To understand “our dad” is to understand that family is everything to him.
In 1997, The Garrity Group embarked on its a journey to be a firm that shares its trusted public relation skills and unique New Mexico insights generously with its clients.
In 2011, the firm stepped up its offering pursuing thought leadership through our annual Garrity Perception Survey.
Over the past seven years’ the firm has commissioned Albuquerque-based Research & Polling to conduct the annual survey.
My dad enjoys reading the newspaper. It is part of his morning ritual.
Thumbing through the news of the day he heads to the sports page. Soon there after he will grouse about the success or failure of his Notre Dame Irish and whichever Houston sports franchise is playing.
Despite how the finishing photo looked, my recent Ironman 70.3 Boulder triathlon ended with a finish and a personal best time for that distance when I raced in the 2016 Toughman event in New Mexico.
If you have a bucket list item of traveling to all seven continents in one month, I will try to … Read More “May 2017”
The second most polarizing figure in America today is the former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation James … Read More “Some #PR insight for my second cousin, James Comey”
The congressional stalemate over repeal of the Affordable Care Act and the inauguration of the American Health Care Act should … Read More “Navigating the Conservative Divide”
The divide in the Republican party is not quite as prominent as the Taos Gorge, but it is close. In … Read More “A Political Divide as Scenic as The Taos Gorge”