Gayle Gleckler
GAYLE GLECKLER
Born in Columbus, Ohio, her family then moved to Honolulu, where she attended Punahou, Obama’s school. They moved back to Cincinnati, Ohio, to a suburb called Mariemont. She was vice president of the senior class and voted class artist. In 2017 she was honored with the Mariemont High School Distinguished Alumni Award. She got her Bachelor of Design at the University of Florida, did graduate work at New York University, and taught at The School of Visual Arts.
In New York, she broke the glass ceiling by starting as an Art Director at Young and Rubicam and advancing in a male-dominated industry to become Senior Vice President and Creative Director at Foote, Cone, and Belding. Here she created the famous Clairol haircolor campaign, “I’m Gonna Wash That Gray Right Outta My Hair,” making it number one in the USA.
Then Gayle opened her own advertising agency, Gleckler and Partners, and grew it to a multi-million dollar company. In Connecticut, Gayle was the owner of The Whole Enchilada Branding and Marketing Company.
She continued her love of the arts by co-writing and casting the classic film “The Lords of Flatbush,” Sylvester Stallone and Henry Winkler’s first movie. “Milo, My Stray Cat” was a children’s book she wrote and illustrated. In 2010, Gayle co-wrote “MoMoirs, I’ll give you something to cry about!” a collection of short stories about motherhood. Today Gayle is a prolific painter showing in galleries with her husband Tony Woolner in New York City, Connecticut, and Westchester County.