Gayle Holsworth

As senior director of client solutions at Innovative Learning, Gayle Holsworth builds relationships with clients by partnering with them to understand their needs and improve the performance of their employees.

Because of Gayle’s collaborative and consultative approach, clients know they can rely on ILG to be a great partner. She leads with tremendous energy and humor — a contagious attitude that sparks productive teams and drives client satisfaction. 

Gayle has nearly 35 years of experience managing a wide range of key accounts representing more than 1,800 completed  learning solutions. She directs teams that develop all types of learning, including web-based, instructor-led, mobile, virtual reality, and blended learning solutions on topics such as compliance, leadership, products, systems, onboarding, and Lean. Gayle also serves as a strategic consultant on virtual reality, curriculum architecture, learning portals, and evaluation. 

In 2019, Gayle was recognized as one of Michigan’s Most Valuable Professionals by Corp! magazine. Additionally, her projects have won many awards for ILG’s clients, including multiple Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards:

• Two 2022 Silver awards with the Vaccines division of a global pharmaceutical client
• A 2021 Gold award and a Silver award with a global healthcare client
• Two 2019 Bronze awards with a medical technology client
• 2017 Bronze award with Lowe’s
• 2016 Silver award with SafetyServe.com
• 2015 Bronze award with DTE Energy
• 2013 Silver award with Haworth

Because of Gayle's efforts, ILG received an Indirect Supplier Diamond, Diverse Supplier of the Year award from Boston Scientific. Additionally, her collaboration with a major retail company earned ILG a Silver CLO Learning in Practice Award for Excellence in Vendor Partnership. 

Gayle has shared her experience managing multiple large projects and developing mobile and e-learning solutions at the Detroit Chapter of the Association for Talent Development and at ILG’s learning events. She also has authored blogs and articles on project management.

Gayle has a master’s degree in adult instruction and performance technology from the University of Michigan–Dearborn and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Central Michigan University.