About Gayle Tauber

Gayle Tauber, a founder of Women Give San Diego, has been involved in entrepreneurial businesses for more than 35 years, mostly as a cofounder of startups that focus on health/wellness, social responsibility and the preservation of capital.  

Her most recent business, Kashi Company – a producer and marketer of cereals and grain-based products – was started in 1983 and sold to the Kellogg Company in 2000.  

Prior to the development of Kashi, Gayle was involved in a partnership with legendary bodybuilder Vince Gironda atVince’s Gym in Los Angeles..  It was at Vince’s Gym that Gayle took part in the introduction of women to bodybuilding, making Vince’s Gym the first coed bodybuilding gym in the United States.

In the early years, Gayle co-founded and developed California Specialties, a leader in popularizing live interior foliage plants in the United States.   California Specialties dealt in all aspects of the indoor plant industry. California Specialties developed containerized shipping for indoor foliage and was responsible for bringing indoor plants into the grocery sector.

Gayle is CEO of Seedling Fund, a family investment company and is incoming president of The Trusteeship, International Women’s Forum, an international organization that advances women’s leadership across careers, cultures and continents.  She is a board member of the Women’s Foundation of California an organization that focuses on low-income women and girls in California, and the cofounder of a Women Give San Diego. Gayle has served on the boards of the USD’s School of Leadership and Education Sciences, the Women’s Foundation of San Diego, and The Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity.