Chloe Drew
As the Executive Director of The Council of Urban Professionals, Chloe Drew administers a multi-million dollar portfolio of results-oriented initiatives that advance leadership development, education reform, and access to capital and opportunity for minority owned and led business. Chloe formerly served as Campaign Director for U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee in California’s 9th congressional district. She also co-founded and served as a board member of OaklandVOTE, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing voter participation in underserved communities. Before her work for the Lee campaign, Chloe taught social studies and math at the Colegio Americano de Quito in Ecuador, and was Deputy Finance Director of the Mark Udall for U.S. Congress campaign (2000).
Chloe earned a B.A. from Harvard University and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Emerge America, a training program dedicated to increasing the number of Democratic women in public office and One Voice, Congresswoman Lee’s political action committee. She is a former board member of the Wellesley Centers for Women – a research center that conducts interdisciplinary studies on issues affecting women and their families.
Ashleigh Gibson
Ashleigh Gibson has played a fundamental role in the growth of the Council of Urban Professionals over the last three years by overseeing and coordinating all initiatives around membership, leadership development, communications and the Distinguished Leadership Series.
In 2007, Ashleigh graduated Summa Cum Laude from Oklahoma State University with a B.S. in Journalism Broadcasting and a focus in Public Relations and Marketing. She was honored amongst 30 seniors that exemplified excellence in scholarship, leadership and service at OSU.
Currently, Ashleigh is a member of the Young Professionals Committee for Teach for America – New York, and volunteers at Coney Island Preparatory and WISE Mentoring. She also serves as an active alumnae of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity, Inc., where she recently served on the local committee for the Initiation and Instillation of the NY ETA Chapter of Pi Beta Phi.
Victoria Rodriguez
Victoria Rodriguez is responsible for identifying diverse avenues for minority and women owned businesses to obtain access to capital at the city, state, and federal levels. She also oversees CUP’s fundraising initiatives and the Fellows Program, a leadership pipeline development program that trains and develops minority civic leaders and those interested in becoming civic representatives.
Prior to joining CUP, Victoria was a Financial Analyst at Lehman Brothers, Inc. In this role, Victoria supported Portfolio Managers in account balancing, trade execution and settlement, asset allocation, and discrepancy research. In addition to her daily responsibilities, Victoria was the relationship manager between the firm’s internal Latino network and the not-profit community.
Shortly there after, Victoria was promoted and began working on the Sales & Trading Desk within the Private Investment Management Division at the Associate level. In this capacity, Victoria developed and assisted brokers in implementing asset allocations and wealth management objectives for high net worth clients. She also actively placed trade orders on behalf of her clients and worked closely with institutional clients on account management.
Victoria has a B.B.A. in Finance and Investments from Baruch College in New York City. She is secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls Charter School.
Cori Okabayashi
Cori Okabayashi serves as the primary liaison for the REACH program’s 31 schools and 4,000 students. She is responsible for coordinating and managing the program’s development and operations, marketing, event planning and database administration.
Cori earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work from Colorado State University and the University of Hawaii, respectively, where she worked in the field as a youth and family advocate case manager for the Colorado juvenile system and as a parent facilitator for the Hawaii state family court while earning her degrees. Prior to joining The Council, she worked in administrative services for Deloitte Services LP in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Sharon Reyes
Sharon Reyes provides logistical and organizational support for the REACH program and helps coordinate the Learn, Earn, Win! prep sessions. Sharon also manages the pilot mentoring program, REACH Forward, which includes approximately 70 high-achieving REACH Scholars.
Sharon earned a B.A. from Manhattan College in Communications and an M.A. from New York Institute of Technology in Communication Arts.
Gabrielle Glore
Gabrielle Glore is a Principal in The Glore Group, LLC (TGG), founded in 2002, which delivers innovative branding, marketing, production, and programming solutions that heighten consumer brand affinity for corporate clients. Ms. Glore leads strategic marketing and event management initiatives that target and leverage the entertainment industry. Media and entertainment clients historically and presently include HBO, BET Networks, Time Warner, The WB Network, Essence Communication Partners, Urbanworld Film Festival, Interactive One, The Apollo Theater, Giant Magazine, and Simmons Lathan Media Group. Additionally, TGG has supported nonprofit clients including The Council of Urban Professionals, Harvard Law School, and Management Leadership For Tomorrow.
Prior to forming TGG, Ms. Glore spent 11 years in various marketing roles at Time Warner, across businesses including HBO and Warner Music Group, as well as in the Corporate offices. While at HBO, she served as Manager of Consumer Promotions, where she developed and executed national brand promotions for both HBO and Cinemax, as well as implemented program promotions supporting key HBO Original Movies, Series, and Big Event Concerts.
During her tenure with Warner Music Group, she created customized music marketing programs – concert tours, special events, broadcast programs, music retail tie-ins, online promotions, and music premiums – for corporate advertisers that leveraged the core assets of Warner Music Group and its respective record labels. As a Senior Director, she focused on the pursuit of long term strategic relationships with corporate clients.
Before leaving the Time Warner family, she engaged in a 2 year stint at Corporate Headquarters, where she spearheaded company-wide strategic staffing initiatives, events, and employment branding that addressed key business objectives and promoted collaboration across divisions.
She was a Co-Founder and 10-year Board Member for First Choice Group, Inc., a not-for-profit organization that implemented innovative mentoring programs targeting New York City’s urban youth. Ms. Glore was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Economics, with a concentration in Marketing, from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania.