Gabriele Ward

Associate, Business Assistance & Development

A recent graduate of Howard University in Washington DC, Gabriele joins the LAEDC in July 2008 as the Business Assistance and Development Associate. She spent three years organizing non-profit organizations, academic institutions, and city governments to responsibly rebuild the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, worked as an on-campus marketing consultant for Sports Illustrated and JetBlue Airways and volunteered as a teacher for inner-city youth in Washington, DC with Americorps.