Gale V. King

Gale King is Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for Nationwide, where she leads the enterprise Human Resources, Corporate Real Estate, Corporate Security and Aviation departments. She was named to this position in 2012, after having served in various senior leadership positions including Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer; Senior Vice President for Property and Casualty Human Resources; and as Administrative Officer in the Office of the President, Property and Casualty; among other senior executive positions.

In this role, Gale is responsible for developing the strategies that focus on recruiting, retaining and engaging the more than 33,000 diverse and talented associates who help the company deliver on its promise to protect what matters most to their members.

Gale is active in the community locally and nationally and currently serves on the board of directors for the National Urban League, the University of Florida Foundation, the Columbus Museum of Art, and the Executive Leadership Council. Believing that education changes lives, she has endowed the King Excellence fund at the University of Florida and scholarships at Santa Fe Community College in memory or her late mother and grandmother.

Gale holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s degree in public administration from the University of Florida.