Gayle L. Capozzalo, FACHE

Gayle Capozzalo
Executive Director, The Equity Collaborative
The Carol Emmott Foundation

Biography

Gayle Capozzalo is executive director of The Equity Collaborative, Carol Emmott Foundation, which is focused on gender and racial equity in healthcare leadership and governance. She retired in 2018 as the executive vice president/chief strategy officer of Yale New Haven Health System. She was primarily responsible for system strategy, marketing, community and government relations; innovation, business development and growth. Capozzalo received her Master of Science in Public Health from the University of Missouri-Columbia and completed two years of post-master’s degree work in healthcare marketing and organizational development at St. Louis University. Capozzalo is a Past Chair of the ACHE Board of Governors and was awarded the ACHE Gold Medal. Currently, Capozzalo serves on the board of Universal Health Realty Income Trust as a member of its audit, nominating/governance committees and chair of its compensation committee. She is past chair of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, remains on the board and also serves on the Greater New York Planned Parent C-4 board.