Gerald J. Hace (Jerry) was born and raised in Parma, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. He began his entrepreneurial endeavors at a young age where he held a paperboy position. The paper route provided a foundation for growing a neighborhood business in lawn cutting, snow blowing, and doing general household chores. He also pursued his love for sports focusing on ice hockey in particular. 
 
While at RIT Jerry played four years of hockey for the Tigers, became a Resident Advisor (RA), and joined the Theta Xi fraternity, living college life to its fullest. He also met his future wife, Francie. 
 
In 1990, Jerry purchased the now 141-year-old Gooding Co. Inc., located in Lockport, N.Y., just north of Buffalo, from the Gooding Family. At the time the company primarily printed business forms. Jerry knew the company had to change. He researched and determined that they could produce lightweight pharmaceutical inserts and instruction sheets inserted into pharmaceutical cartons. With investments into specialty folding equipment, Gooding Company began producing pharmaceutical outserts that are glued to bottles of medications. In 1999, the company's growth resulted in a new facility, expanding to 26,500 square feet. 
 
Under Jerry's leadership, Gooding Company has more than tripled in size and continues to grow steadily, meeting and exceeding the most stringent standards in manufacturing and printing. 

Meet Jerry