Gayle Rose
When she was studying clarinet in Iowa, Gayle Rose surely never imagined she would play so many key roles in Memphis. Among them: founder and CEO of EVS Corporation, a cloud backup and disaster recovery company headquartered in Memphis; chair of the Rose Family Foundations private charity; and past chair of the board of the Memphis Symphony. In 2012, she was named CEO of the Year by Inside Memphis Business and has been named Humanitarian of the Year by Diversity Memphis. Rose was internationally recognized in 2007 with the Changing Face of Philanthropy Award from the Women’s Funding Network, and previously honored as one of Tennessee’s 100 Most Powerful People by Business Tennessee magazine. She is also well-known for helping to land the NBA Memphis Grizzlies basketball team, and co-founding the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis. In 2010, she founded Team Max, a grass-roots, virtual volunteer organization that honors the memory of her late son. In 2018, Rose was named Woman of the Year by Girls, Inc.
