GET TO KNOW GAIL
Meet Gail Logan-Strange and discover her passion for
our youth and their educational futures.
In 2023, Gail Logan Stange was appointed to the Jefferson County School Board to fill the vacancy left by the departure of District 1’s long time champion Diane Porter. Since that time Gail has worked tirelessly to advocate for all students and families.
Gail is a successful communications/crisis management/community relations executive with vast experience in strategic planning and a proven ability to design, implement and restructure programs.
In 2015, Strange took on a newly created role as Director of Church and Mid Council Communications where she worked with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s 10,000 congregations and Mid Councils across the country helping them to develop strategic communications plans as well as media relations and media relations training.
Prior to Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Gail served as Executive Director of the Louisville Youth Philanthropy Council (LYPC) teaching high school students how to run and operate their own non-profit organization. As executive director of this new community effort, she developed the infrastructure for the LYPC, including creating strategic plans, policies and procedures to help ensure the program’s longevity.
Before entering the nonprofit sector, Gail served as the Director of Corporate and Community Relations for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation where she directed, developed strategies and executed the company’s community relations’ efforts both locally and nationally. Additionally, she directed the corporation’s Corporate Contributions and many of the organization’s national sponsorships.
Ms. Strange holds a Master of Business Management and Human Relations from Webster University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Kentucky State University and is certified as a secondary education teacher.
She has served on several local and national Board of Directors including, the Louisville Urban League where she served as Board Chair, the National Association of Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, The Kentucky Derby Festival, The Center for Women and Families, Leadership Louisville and Metro United Way and the Louisville Regional Airport Authority. She is the immediate past board chair of the World Day of Prayer U.S.A. Currently she is a member of the board of directors of the St. John Center, an organization with the mission of helping individuals leave homelessness for good and the Jefferson County Board of Education.
