I. Gail Howard
Vice President of Client Relations and Senior Consultant

Expertise

Gail Howard is the Vice President of Client Relations and a Senior Consultant at Liberty Business Strategies Ltd. She brings to her position 20+ years of experience as a senior Human Resources leader and consultant. She incorporates the best practices of Human Resources and specialized coaching and consulting protocols in support of leadership and corporate excellence. Talent management, succession planning, transformation planning are areas of expertise.

Clients

Gail’s clients have run the gamut from dotcom startups and founder-driven businesses to major financial institutions. She’s been an effective leader and collaborator in a matrix environment and has acted as respected partner and coach to all levels of management, from front-line managers to CEO’s and Boards of Directors.

Representative Engagements

• Created and implemented a robust succession planning process. This process was cited by the company’s Board of Directors as the most useful they had seen.
• Realigned a portion of HR resources to provide specialized teams to join leadership of the internal “customers” as business partners, who became integral to the business leadership teams.
• Targeted talent management programs that anticipate evolving business needs, and prepare a ready-just-in-time talent pool to execute the business strategy.

Education and Training

Gail received her Ed.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Adult Development and Organizational Behavior.

Professional Affiliations

Vice President, Board of Directors, Opera Delaware - 2002 – present
Board Member and Office of the Board, YWCA of Delaware - 2002 – 2009
Arts & Business Council, volunteer on various projects - 1990 – 2000
Board Member and Head of HR Committee, United Way of Lehigh Valley - 1993 – 1996 HR Committee, Member of Executive Committee, Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce and Industry 1995 – 1996
Member of Forum of Executive Women – 2009 to Present

Gail Howard can be reached at:
Office Phone: 610-649-3800
igailhoward@libertystrategies.com