IONA GRADUATE JOINS BOARD
Gabrielle Gambrell, a communications, branding and media expert widely recognized for her dedication to diversity and inclusion, has been named to the Iona College Board of Trustees and will serve as the appointed representative of the Iona College Alumni Board of Directors, where she has served since 2017.
“I am honored to be appointed to the Board of Trustees and am eager to make a great impact at such a pivotal time in the world,” said Gambrell, who earned her bachelor”™s degree from Iona in mass communication with honors, as well as a master”™s degree in public relations with a concentration in entertainment and sports.
Gambrell, a marketing and communications consultant, also teaches as a graduate adjunct professor at New York University (NYU). She most recently served as the vice president and head of marketing and communications at Barnard College of Columbia University.
Prior to Barnard, she was worldwide director of communications and public relations at FCB Global, an advertising agency network with offices in more than 80 countries. Previously Gambrell served as director of communications for NBCUniversal, where she led the development of internal and external communications plans in support of the corporation”™s diversity and inclusion initiatives.
An internship with ABC on the set of “Live with Regis and Kelly” paved the way for her first professional job as a production assistant for the show in 2007.
Founded in 1940, New Rochelle-based Iona College is a masterӼs-granting private, Catholic, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers..