Gayle Ronan

Senior Consultant

Newly arrived, Gayle Ronan joins HLB with over 20 years of business experience, most of it spent analyzing and writing about trends across industries and business environments.  Along the way, Gayle has also been a provider of financial services and been involved in developing and enacting marketing strategies for delivering those services. 

During the last several years as a freelance journalist and regular contributor regarding practice management issues to such publications as Bloomberg Wealth Manager, TICKER, and Registered Rep—and real estate and small business issues for CNBC.com—she has kept a uniquely experienced eye on current business trends and furthering the education of consumers, small business owners and financial professionals alike while examining best practices and pitfalls across topics.  Curiosity has led her to report on such diverse topics as how the Internet is changing the way property is bought and sold, combating business risks faced by small business owners and on socially responsible investing.

Her objective through it all: bringing greater understanding of complex or lesser-known but vital issues to readers in the most interesting way possible.

Among Gayle’s other accomplishments:

  • Producing a number of for-profit conferences for firms such as the Institute for International Research on topics varying from trends in retirement benefits management for corporate plan sponsors to the evolving state of the telecommunications industry.
  • Ghostwriting a series of continuing education books for financial professionals.
  • Developing website content for a major accounting firm to promote their venture capital consulting expertise to entrepreneurs.
In addition to working for several Chicago area banks and investment advisory firms where she gained significant experience developing client and corporate strategies, including brochure and product design, Gayle has also been involved in marketing and research activities for Greenwich Associates.  She is a graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Economics and possesses an intense curiosity for finding answers and solutions that span industries and subjects.