Gayle Crowell

Board Member at Pliant Therapeutics

Gayle Crowell is a highly experienced Board Director and operating executive with extensive experience in industry-leading venture and private equity-backed companies. Most recently she has spent the last decade providing highly valued strategic and operational guidance across the portfolio of Warburg Pincus, one of the world’s leading private equity firms, facilitating a world-class collection of best practices across many sectors.

Prior to her role with Warburg Pincus, she had an outstanding executive career in the technology sector. As a prominent high tech leader in the Silicon Valley, Gayle honed her successful management and operational skills with C suite roles at leading software companies where she led multiple companies from early-stage development all the way through successful exits.

Gayle began her career as an educator for the State of Nevada and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nevada at Reno.