Gabrielle “Gabby” Albert

Gabrielle “Gabby” Albert is “Passionately to the Point”, a Results Oriented Organizational Leader and Strategic Executive. For the past 20 years Gabby has developed and honed her skills as a thought leader and strategic sourcing executive at some of the world’s premier companies like Procter & Gamble, The Kellogg Company, Bacardi, Hilton, and Kimberly-Clark. During her tenure she has also had cross functional experience across the enterprise with global leadership responsibility for: strategic sourcing, sales, marketing, P&L management, and research & development. She is very experienced in highly technical and complex industries such as: Nonwovens, Paper/Pulp, Chemicals, Marketing & Sales, IT, and Travel & Expense. She has worked in CPG, Food & Beverage, Spirits, Hospitality, Pharmaceuticals, and Consulting.

Following participation in the first ever Upswell Forum at Harvard Business School for Social Entrepreneurs in November of 2023, she decided to take her corporate experience to the non-profit sector and elevate her service from an advisory maternal-health advocate as a Board Member, Vice Chair & Secretary of 4KIRA4MOMS to a full-time maternal-health activist where she served as Interim Executive Director from January to April of 2024. Following, an impactful and inspiring Black Maternal Health Week in April of 2024 she decided that she wanted to leverage her strategic skillset and passion to partner with friend and founder Charles Johnson, full time as the official Executive Director for 4Kira4Moms.

Gabby is a proud HBCU graduate and Alumnus of Florida A&M University’s illustrious School of Business and Industry, 5-year MBA Program which provided her the foundation and experience that launched her career as a Corporate Executive.

She currently resides in Atlanta, GA. In her spare time Gabby has an avid love for traveling & culture- she is a foodie and has traveled to 54 countries and counting. She enjoys spending time/entertaining with her family & friends, spoiling her nephew, niece & 5 godchildren, mentoring, cooking, and working out. Some of her professional affiliations include: Life Member of the FAMU National Alumni Association; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Smithsonian 2015 Society, Past Board Chair of Veritas School of Social Sciences, Past Board Secretary of Nic’s Kicks, McKinsey Black Executive Leadership Program, and a Cincinnati Urban League AALDP Alumnus.