Gayle Smith Gay

Gayle Smith Gay is a Small Business Owner who has worked her way up the ladder of business operations. Gayle has owned and operated in the restaurant business, as well as the hospitality industry.

Gayle Smith Gay is a Business Owner/Founder, Payroll Specialist, Bookkeeper and Accountant in the restaurant business and hospitality industry.  She proudly maintains a diploma in Secretarial Work from Hardbarger Business College.  

Education & Training

Hardbarger Business College: Secretarial Bookkeeping & Accounting

Gayle Smith Gay set the foundation for her career in business with pursuits at Hardbarger Business College.  During her enrollment, Gayle completed a Secretarial Course in Business. This experience introduced her to new skills in shorthand, typing and bookkeeping.  The Small Business Owner and Founder is proud to say that a great deal of her expertise has been acquired through hands-on experience.  Along with her loved ones, Gayle learned the ins and outs of owning and operating a small business in the restaurant industry.  In these ventures, Gayle drew on skills of bookkeeping and accounting acquired through lessons taught at Hardbarger Business College.  Gayle’s Secretarial Course truly set the foundation for a lifelong career in the restaurant business and hospitality industry.

Small Business Owner / Founder

Gayle Smith Gay entered the hospitality industry by working in her kin’s restaurant business.  Rolling her sleeves up as a waitress by day and bookkeeper / accountant by night, Gayle’s work in the restaurant industry was hands-on from the start.  Soon after, Gayle became a Small Business Owner and Founder of her own restaurant business.  For twenty years, she owned and operated the restaurant business.  Her responsibilities included bookkeeping, accounting, payroll and other business operations.  Today, she reflects on these formative experiences as truly rewarding.  Gayle continues to work as a Payroll Specialist on a consulting basis.