Professor of Practice in Business and Management Jeffrey Gomer began teaching at Knox in 2013, helping strengthen the College’s business program. With special interests in financial and managerial accounting, Gomer is passionate about helping students learn about the tools and skills of the business world.

Outside of Knox, Gomer serves as the CFO of Thrive Community Services, a Galesburg-based organization providing community services for over 300 adults who have intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.

Picture of Seymour Library

My college roommate and good friend Jay Redfern took this picture. He enjoys doing these types of reflection pictures. 

Student Gifts 

This box is from Praveik Pradhan ’22 and it’s from Nepal, I believe. It has a little stocking cap in it. And this is an idol of Lord Ganesha from India. My student, Raj Telli ’25, gave this to me. It is supposed to remove obstacles from your way.

The David Robinson Fan of the Year Award

I attend many athletic events since a significant number of my advisees are athletes. Jason Clark ’24 invited me to an event where an award was being presented. This event was not on my radar because my evenings are typically reserved for the fitness center, but Clark insisted that I go because I was nominated for this award. I was not expecting to win, so I was shocked when it was announced. 

Old Check Writer

That is an old check writer that I use as a bookend. Way back in the day, you would put those buttons up and down and correspond them with the numbers. You would press the little buttons to correspond with the check amount and then you’d pull that handle, and it would imprint on a paper check, like a printing machine. Believe it or not, I operated one of those. That was when we had to do checks in one of my first jobs, right out of college back in the ’80s.