Gabrielle Blavatsky is an experienced nonprofit leader whose career has focused on advancing public-interest policy and building organizational capacity across sectors. Her expertise lies in nonprofit management, strategic planning, and coalition development.

She currently serves as Deputy Director of the Housing Action Coalition, a California-based nonprofit advocating for the production of more homes at all levels of affordability. In this role, she oversees operations, fundraising, and member services, driving organizational growth, legislative strategy, and statewide coalition engagement to expand pro-housing advocacy.

Gabrielle is the co-founder and former Policy Director of Equity Advocates, where she shaped the organization’s policy agenda, legislative strategy, and advocacy operations. Prior to transitioning to housing policy and management, she spent over a decade as a food policy analyst, working with New York-based government agencies and nonprofits on nutrition, agriculture, and public health issues.

She holds an MPA in Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy from New York University and BAs in Political Science and Sociology from the University of California, Davis.