The Next Solutions Group

Raymond F. Kerins Jr. is Founder & CEO of The Next Solutions Group (NSG), an award-winning crisis and reputation management corporate consultancy.

Ray is the former SVP of Corporate Affairs for Bayer, VP of External Affairs and Worldwide Communications at Pfizer, and Executive Director of Public Affairs for
Merck & Co.

He is a board member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Congressional Award. He is chair of the CDC Business Roundtable on Global Health Threats. Ray is an advisor to the National Press Foundation and the Association of Foreign Correspondents and a member of the National Press Club. 

Ray is a recipient of the Irish America “Top 50 in Healthcare and Life Sciences” (2018 & 2019) and “Business 100” (2024).

Ray holds a BA and an MS degree from Iona University and has attended executive leadership training at Harvard Business School. His paternal grandparents, who lived in the Bronx, NY, came from County Cork and County Fermanagh, respectively. His maternal grandmother came from County Carlow. Ray’s father-in-law was born and raised in Leixlip, County Kildare.

The Kerins family travel often to Ireland to visit family and their three children are in daily contact with their cousins via social media.