Specialized Professional Competence
Gail is a Partner with St. Charles Consulting Group (StCCG) where she specializes in executive coaching, team coaching, outcome-driven meeting facilitation and organizational assessment. As an executive coach, Gail helps strong leaders and their teams accelerate their growth, shift out of their comfort zones, and move to the next level of performance and success.

Experience/Background
While at StCCG, Gail has enjoyed great success as a coach and facilitator working with executives at a number of global companies. Through one-on-one coaching, she has helped senior level executives step up to increasingly complex leadership responsibilities and challenges. Through team coaching and meeting facilitation, she has helped leadership teams develop strategy, engage in critical dialogue, and build cohesiveness around their shared commitments. Gail’s clients span many industries including high-tech, banking, financial services, aerospace, manufacturing and nonprofit.

Prior to joining StCCG, Gail was a corporate officer of Ryder System, Inc. for eight years. During that time, she served as Senior Vice-President of Human Resources and Senior Vice-President of Government Affairs and Communications. Prior to Ryder, Gail held various human resources roles of increasing responsibility at Xerox Corporation, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Bankers Trust Corporation. Gail also served for five years as the chairman of the Coordinating Committee on Health and Retirement for The Business Roundtable, a Washington-based association composed of 200 CEOs of large corporations. In this role, Gail spoke at a variety of forums regarding initiatives by Corporate America to enhance health care quality for employees.

Education/Professional Achievements
Gail received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Duke University and her Master's degree in Organizational Behavior from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Gail is a board member of The Center for Women’s Business Research, a board member of the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, a Trustee of Children's Medical Center of Dallas, and a member of the President’s Council for Cornell Women. She is also a past president of the Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners.

Contact Information
gmcdonald@stccg.com