Helene D. Gayle Quotes

The more you look into health and health inequalities, you realize that a lot of it is not due to a particular disease - it's really linked to underlying societal issues such as poverty, inequity, lac...

The more you look into health and health inequalities, you realize that a lot of it is not due to a particular disease - it's really linked to underlying societal issues such as poverty, inequity, lac...

Helene D. Gayle

Tags: water, focus, poverty

At CARE, a leading humanitarian organization, we recognize people live their lives in a holistic manner. Issues such as health care, education and economic empowerment cannot be addressed in a vacuum....

Helene D. Gayle

At CARE, a leading humanitarian organization, we recognize people live their lives in a holistic manner. Issues such as health care, education and economic empowerment cannot be addressed in a vacuum....

Helene D. Gayle

Tags: education, poverty, people

About Author

Helene D. Gayle (born August 16, 1955) is an American physician, and academic and non-profit administrator. She has been president of Spelman College since 2023. She formerly was CEO of the Chicago Community Trust, one of the nation's leading community foundations. Earlier in her career she was the director of international humanitarian organization CARE, and spent much of her career in the field of public health research in epidemiology at the CDC.

There is no doubt that a woman's economic empowerment is very much interconnected to her health and the well being of her children.

Helene D. Gayle

There is no doubt that a woman's economic empowerment is very much interconnected to her health and the well being of her children.

Helene D. Gayle

Tags: children, woman, doubt

Real, sustainable community change requires the initiative and engagement of community members.

Helene D. Gayle

Real, sustainable community change requires the initiative and engagement of community members.

Helene D. Gayle

Tags: community, real, initiative