Your Working Girl
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| Industry | Non-Profit |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Strategist and Writer |
| Location | Toronto, Canada |
| Introduction | Gail Picco is an award-winning fundraiser, communications specialist and filmmaker who has been described by her peers as a “force to be reckoned with” and “one of the most dynamic and innovative development professionals working in Canada today.” Her alter ego, Your Working Girl, comments on marketing, the charitable sector and baseball for her loyal and literary blog following. She is Chair of the Regent Park Film Festival and her most recent documentary, Directors Speak, aired on OMNI 2 in February 2011. |
| Interests | Philanthropy, social action, Formula 1 car racing, the Bruce Trail, the Bruce Springsteen, politics, Newfoundland, yoga, courage |
| Favorite movies | The Godfather, Donnie Brasco, Goodfellas, The Lord of the Rings, Zoolander, The Queen, Little Big Man, The War Room, Mary Poppins, No Country for Old Men, Master and Commander |
| Favorite music | Springsteen, Dixie Chicks, North Mississipi All Stars, B.B. King, Stevie Rae Vaughan, Cole Porter, Bach (the Cantatas), Mozart (the Concertos), Roseanne Cash, The Waterboys |
| Favorite books | Confederacy of Dunces, No Ordinary Time, Miss Manners' Guide to Rearing Perfect Children, Beowulf (Seamus Heaney trans), Harry Potter, Wind in the Willows, History of Newfoundland, Colony of Unrequitted Dreams, Three Day Road, A Suitable Boy |