FacultyUCLA Anderson School of Management
Gayle Northrop is a consultant, coach, educator and lifelong student of social enterprise, innovation and impact. She is on faculty at the UCLA Anderson School of Management where she teaches a course on “Sector-Agnostic Models of Impact” and a global immersion course, “Social Entrepreneurship in South Africa.” She is Senior Faculty Advisor to Impact@Anderson and faculty advisor in Anderson’s field study programs, specializing in international pro-social projects.
As Senior Advisor and former adjunct faculty at the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business, Gayle helped launch and was Associate Director of Spark Health, a program assisting government officials in Africa strengthen their health systems and improve health outcomes, including the elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV. She currently works with the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship on systems change work and scaling social innovations in health in the global south.
Gayle is also President of Northrop Nonprofit Consulting, a firm specializing in strategy, governance and organization development for social enterprises and NGOs worldwide. She is a coach for Red Bull Amaphiko, a growing, global social entrepreneurship program; she teaches in the Institute for High Quality Health, a training program for community health clinics; and she speaks frequently on business for social good, planning for social impact, and leading change.
Gayle received her MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and two BA degrees from Stanford University. She has served on numerous boards, including PATA, The Giving Keys, United Friends of the Children, New Media Advocacy Project, and Generation Ubuntu. When not on a plane, Gayle lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two teenage boys.