Born in Red Bluff, CA to parents Clifton Percy King, Jr. and Dottie Virginia Garibotto. Gale was raised in the East Bay Area city of Richmond. She earned her B.S. from the University of San Francisco in Organizational Development.
Gale’s career spanned from work at the Mother’s Cookies factory in Oakland and the Mack truck assembly line in Hayward to later becoming a senior human resources leader in the Silicon Valley. She worked at Stanford University (Hospital), Amdahl Corporation and retired as the Director of Education Services at Network Associates.
In 1999 Gale retired to Santa Cruz County. There she met Sheryl Gentry, her partner of 22 years. In 2017 they moved to La Selva Beach. They enjoyed hiking the trails along the central coast and appreciated the many newfound friendships in the community…