Ira Gostin, MBA, APR

Chief Strategist & Managing Director G8 Strategies LLC

Ira M. Gostin, MBA APR is an entrepreneur, marketer, influencer and communications strategist who specializes in helping global companies tell their story. The team at G8 practices strategic engagement through investor relations, marketing and public relations. with the goal of helping enterprises move the needle.

Ira also works with up and coming business leaders, entrepreneurs and students through mentoring and teaching. A life-long learner, he has a bachelor’s degree from California State University, Long Beach, an MBA with an emphasis in marketing from the University of Phoenix, Reno, and is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Program at Columbia University. Ira has also attended executive education at Stanford's School of Engineering, New York University and the Colorado School of Mines.

Ira’s home base is Reno, Nevada, with his wife Erin and adult children. He is a coffee aficionado, baseball, and Formula 1 racing fan and he and his wife travel the West with dogs and kayaks, enjoying the outdoors.

Ira was named the Most Influential Marketing Executive in Nevada for 2018 by Acquisitions International and the top Chief Marketing Officer in the Western U.S. for 2017 by Corporate Vision Magazine. Ira earned his Accreditation in Public Relations in 2017.