Gail Guge, APR, CBS
Managing Partner, Certified Brand Strategist
As Managing Partner for Wilkin Guge Marketing, the largest marketing firm in Inland Southern California, Gail Guge is the commanding force behind building brand strategy for every client. She is Southern California’s first certified brand strategist and one of only a handful certified in the nation.
Gail has more than 30 years of experience in both agency and corporate environments. Over the years, she has developed a proprietary 10-step branding process called Brandus Operandi™ to help companies reach aggressive growth goals. Wilkin Guge clients averaged 27% growth last year, which is four times the national average!
In her career, Gail has helped more than 60 different companies become more successful. Her experience runs the gamut of industries and includes the following brands: Alcoa, American Water Works, Chiquita, Cincinnati Financial, Curad and Curity, Deloitte & Touche, Hardees, Hawaiian Airlines, Heinz, Hospital Corporation of America, Procter & Gamble, Prudential and Wendy’s Foods International.
Gail earned a B.A. in communications from Georgetown and American Universities in Washington, D.C. She is accredited by the Public Relations Society of America. She is also certified nationally as a brand strategist by The Brand Establishment. Gail was named the 2008 Businesswoman of the Year by the National Association of Women Business Owners’ Inland Empire Chapter.
She is a member of the Inland Empire Business Network and Business Alliance of Cal State University, San Bernardino. She also serves on the boards of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce Foundation, University of La Verne College of Business and Peter F. Drucker School of Business at the Claremont Colleges.
In addition, Guge is the founding director of Purple Hearts, a non-profit organization that supports families housed in a local domestic violence shelter.
Andrew Wilkin
Gail Guge
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