Gayle is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Employee Benefits Administration, Inc., an independent wealth management firm in Winchester, Virginia. She has dedicated her 44+ years in the financial services industry starting in 1981 by graduating from Lord Fairfax Community College with an Associate Degree, from Shenandoah College with a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree and from Shenandoah University with a Masters of Business Administration Degree.
Gayle has been included in Marquis Who's Who in February, 2024. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of reference value. Factors including her position, visibility, noteworthy accomplishments are all taken into consideration.* She also has been included in the Continental Who's Who in July 2024 as a trusted advisor and industry leader. Additionally with her success, in 2019, Gayle was honored by the Ladenburg Institute of Women and Finance (LIWF) by receiving the inaugural Advancing Our Profession Award.** She has been a mentor in the Lift mentoring program with the Ladenburg Institute of Women and Finance as well as a mentor for the W-Forum mentoring program with Advisor Group.
Her company, Employee Benefits Administration, Inc. has been named as a Finalist for the Best Financial Planning Firm three years consecutively running 2021, 2022 and 2023 by the readers of the Winchester Star. Gayle has been named among the top 100 Solo Advisors to Watch in 2023 by AdvisorHub.*** She has also been named among the top 100 Women to Watch in 2024 by AdvisorHub.**** Most recently, she was also named as InvestmentNews Advisor of the Year 2025 Excellence Awardee (Regional-SouthEast) and top 100 Women to Watch in 2025 by AdvisorHub.*****Additionally, Gayle assisted with the ringing of the closing bell at The New York Stock Exchange in November 2023.
Gayle is a past member of Ed Slott’s Master Elite IRA Advisor Group, a distinction held by only 1% of all financial advisors in the country.****** She is also a member of the National Association of Professional Women, the National Ethics Association, a past Advisory Board member of our firm Investor Securities Group, Inc. Representative's Advisory Board, a member of the Women's Advisory Board for Osaic, a past member of Securities America's Advisory Board, and past Chair of Shenandoah University's School of Business Advisory Group. Gayle has also been a volunteer with the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival for the past fifteen years.
*Marquis Who's Who publishes biographies of individuals based on phone interviews. Third party biographies are no guarantee of future investment success and do not ensure that a client or prospective client will experience a higher level of performance or results. These ratings should not be construed as an endorsement of the advisor by any client or organization nor are they representative of one client's evaluation.
**2019 Advancing our Profession Award from Ladenburg Institute of Women and Finance. Granted independently based on participation with women in finance. Rankings and recognitions are no guarantee of future investment success and are not representative of all client experiences.
***The "100 Solo Advisors to Watch in 2023" award is given by AdvisorHub and is based solely on an individual advisor's assets under management. There is no fee paid by the advisor to participate, nor are clients consulted. For 2023, 374 advisors were considered. Third-party rankings and recognitions are no guarantee of future investment success and do not ensure that a client or prospective client will experience a higher level of performance or results. These ratings should not be construed as an endorsement of the advisor by any client nor are they representative of any one client's evaluation.
****The "100 Women to Watch in 2024" award is given by AdvisorHub and is based solely on an individual advisors's assets under management. There is no fee paid by the advisor to participate, nor are clients consulted. For 2024, over 300 firms were considered. Thirty-party rankings and recognitions are no guarantee of future investment success and do not ensure that a client or prospective client will experience a higher level of performance or results. These ratings should not be construed as an endorsement of the advisor by any client nor are they representative of any one client's evaluation.
*****The "100 Women to Watch in 2025" award is given by AdvisorHub and is based solely on an iindividual advisor's assets under management.
******Ed Slott’s Elite IRA Advisor Group is for investment services only. Ed Slott's endorsement does not extend to the financial planning or investment advisory services offered by the representative. Ed Slott’s Elite IRA Advisor Group members pay a fee for the educational programs that allow them to be included in the Ed Slott’s Elite IRA Advisor Group. Membership does not guarantee investment success.