October 25, 2024

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Hires New Employment Program Officer

The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation is delighted to announce that Gabrielle Caverl-McNeal will join our team on November 1st as the new Employment Program Officer. She replaces Jennifer Miller Rehfeldt who left the Foundation in July.

Gabrielle brings deep knowledge and experience in the areas most important to the Fry Foundation Employment program and its grantees. She entered the workforce development field in 2009 and successfully led workforce development programs specializing in trauma-informed coaching practices with an executive skills framework to mitigate barriers caused by toxic stress and systemic poverty to advance Chicagoans toward economic mobility. She worked with leading practitioners from around the country, engaging in leadership development activities, technical assistance training, and using practical planning tools to develop effective workforce strategies to strengthen the local workforce system.

Gabrielle is an Economic Opportunity Fellow with Chicagoland Workforce Leadership Academy through the Chicago Jobs Council, the Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance, and the Aspen Institute & Economic Opportunities Program which works in navigating the workforce policy and funding environment and combating disparities related to race, ethnicity, and gender in the labor market. She is also a YSEALI Professional Fellow with the American Councils for International Education to strengthen ties between the U.S. and Southeast Asia.

We are thrilled to have Gabrielle join our team. She will be a knowledgeable and thoughtful partner to our grantees and the Employment philanthropy community.