GAIL P. STONE

Founder / Executive Producer

Gail has over 25 years of expertise in theatre, events, marketing, and fundraising. She is the former managing director of the Women’s Association of NJPAC and former member of the senior management team at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). The Women’s Association (now Women@NJPAC) is a membership organization with over 2,000 members and forty (40) Trustees of the Board that serves as a leadership arm of NJPAC in Newark and has raised over $50M for NJPAC and its arts education program with events like one of NJ’s largest annual black tie fundraisers, the award-winning Spotlight Gala. Under Gail’s leadership, the Women’s Association was named “2016 Outstanding Community Organization” and bestowed with an Excellence in Philanthropy award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. A seasoned event producer, Gail has executed, created, and hosted events both large and small including galas, luncheons, auctions, speaker series, tournaments, weddings, corporate and private affairs, and large-scale themed parties.

Previously, Gail was senior vice president at NY ad agency Marinelli Communications. From 1998 to 2006, she was co-owner and senior vice president of Paisley Enterprises, Inc., a full-service advertising and marketing agency in Fairfield, NJ with an impressive roster of metro-area clients where she served many roles and was an award-winning copywriter, photo stylist and marketing strategist. Paisley was named “Best Business 2005” by the North Essex Chamber of Commerce.

One of the inaugural “New Jersey’s Best 50 Women in Business” from NJBIZ Magazine and one of the inaugural “Women of Influence” from CIANJ’s Commerce Magazine, Gail is an avid volunteer and fighter of good fights. She served on the boards of Habitat for Humanity Newark, La Casa de Don Pedro, and is a former president of both the Montclair Rotary Club and North Essex Chamber of Commerce.