Helene D. Gayle

Helene Gayle
Helene Gayle, 2018
President of Spelman College
In office
July 1, 2022  October 2024
Preceded byMary Schmidt Campbell
Succeeded byRosalind Brewer (acting)
Personal details
Born (1955-08-16) August 16, 1955
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
SpouseStephen Keith
EducationBarnard College (BA)
University of Pennsylvania (MD)
Johns Hopkins University (MPH)

Helene D. Gayle (born August 16, 1955) is an American physician, and academic and non-profit administrator. She was president of Spelman College until 2024. 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.