As Senior Vice President-Public Affairs, Jerry Buckley oversees Campbell Soup Company's Corporate and Employee Communications, Brand Public Relations, and Community Relations globally. He also is Chairman of the Campbell Soup Foundation. Jerry is a Corporate Officer and a member of Campbell's Corporate Leadership Team. He reports to Nancy Reardon, Senior Vice President-Chief Human Resources and Communications Officer.

Jerry joined Campbell in 1995 as Group Director-Corporate Communications. He was named Vice President-Public Affairs in January 1997 and Senior Vice President in October 2001.

Prior to Campbell, Jerry held positions with three national news organizations. From 1975 to 1987, he was a correspondent for Newsweek in New York, Washington, and Boston, and bureau chief in Toronto. From 1987 to 1994, he was a senior editor and senior writer at U.S. News and World Report in Washington. From 1994 to 1995, he served as an editor with Gannett, Inc.

He graduated with honors from Fordham University and earned his master's degree with honors from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

Jerry is a member of the Executive Committee of the Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey, is a member of the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences, and serves on the Community Advisory Board of WHYY, the public broadcasting company serving southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and South Jersey.