Gail Day

Gail Day

Founder of 360 Achievement Scholarship NFP & WOW Program

Gail S. Day, MSW, LSW is a state licensed Social Worker.  She received her MSW from University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Adams School of Social Work in 2002.  She was employed by Youth Guidance, a school-based not-for-Profit Agency for 25 years before retiring in July 2021.

She is the founder of the evidenced-based Youth Guidance Working on Womanhood (WOW) Program, created and launched in 2011.

Since her retirement, she created Cocoon Consulting LLC which provides clinical counseling, personal and professional coaching, and training to small not for profit startups and individuals who are willing to take the journey of discovering who they are and what it is that makes them unique.  Recently, she authored her first book, The Fading Garden: A Daughter’s Journey with Dementia which provides insight and support to current and future dementia caregivers and is a workbook comprised of coping strategies to help in managing emotions.

She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. (Glen Ellyn Area Alumnae Chapter) since 2008.