MEET AL
Born in 1951, Al Gerber grew up in the area that would later be known as Town and Country, Missouri. His parents, Lawrence (a Coach and Athletic Director at Principia College) and Lee (a college mathematics professor) Gerber, instilled in young Al a passion for academic accomplishment, fair play, and community.
He was educated at The Principia School. After High School he studied Mathematics at the University of California-Santa Barbara, eventually earning his Ph.D. Al took those skills from the classroom to our national defense working for Lockheed Martin Corporation doing missile simulations (they say public service or elected office doesn't take a rocket scientist; but, it couldn't hurt).
After working in areospace and technology fields out west he came back to St. Louis in the early-2000's. He eventually started his own business. After a few productive years, he went to work for Dierbergs and Save-a-Lot stores as a Quality Assurance Analyist. He is currently a professor for the University of Phoenix teaching math classes in downtown St. Louis.
Al will not even take a cup of coffee from lobbyists – you will know he is working for you and not his own personal pocket. He knows it’s time to reduce the power of special interests and lobbyists. He will vote to limit contributions to candidates and ban fundraising during the legislative session. It is time to stop the revolving door of moving from being an elected official to becoming a lobbyist without a "cooling off" period.
Unlike his opponent, Al is committed to keeping our schools gun free. We must protect our students from senseless acts of bloodshed.
Al served two years as a Town and Country Alderman where he fought for the wildlife management program to be more than just killing and worked against rezoning residential areas and against allowing additional bars in town.
He has been married for over 42 years to Hera Gerber and they have a 35 year old son. Unlike his political opponent, Al is committed to allowing a woman to make her own and her family’s medical decisions.