When I walk into a room that is all white and all male, I’m sitting on the outside of that club. That’s sometimes an intimidating experience. But I think that everywhere that I’ve gotten is because I’ve worked hard. I have the experience, I have the credentials – I continue not to take any of that for granted. Helene D. Gayle Read Quote
We always say at CARE that we would love to see if we can work ourselves out of business. Helene D. Gayle Read Quote
In Nueva Esperanza, Honduras, community members pooled their resources and organized a local water committee that with CARE’s technical guidance built a gravity-fed water system that now provides clean water directly to people’s homes. Helene D. Gayle Read Quote
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. Thus, effective programs need to tackle the multiple root causes of poverty. Helene D. Gayle Read Quote
A big part of leadership is just being comfortable with the fact that some decisions really are only yours. Helene D. Gayle Read Quote
At the Centers for Disease Control, I rose up fairly quickly into management positions. The first team I led there included many people who had been my supervisors in previous roles or were more senior than I was. So it was kind of a daunting challenge. Helene D. Gayle Read Quote
My father had the main barber- and beauty-supply business in the African-American community in Buffalo. Helene D. Gayle Read Quote
I was the middle of five children, and we were five very opinionated siblings. That probably pushed me to learn to speak up for myself. Helene D. Gayle Read Quote
As many as half of Ethiopia’s girls become wives before becoming adults. But Ethiopia is also a place where lasting solutions to child marriage are starting to make a difference. Helene D. Gayle Read Quote
I always knew that I wanted to do the most that I could for the most people. Helene D. Gayle Read Quote