Mr. Combs has over fifteen years experience in strategic communications, marketing, and marketing research. Prior to founding Witeck-Combs, he worked for more than seven years as a marketing executive with IBM. He currently serves on the National Advisory Council for the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Business executive with Witeck-Combs Communications Inc., a gay and lesbian marketing firm whose clients include American Airlines, Coors Brewing, and Gay.com;, Combs is also the national director of the National Coming Out Project from 1994-1997, and a former member of the Board of Governors for the Human Rights Campaign; one of the 2001 gfn.com 25, a listing by the Gay Financial Network of the 25 most influential out gay and lesbian executives in corporate America.