Gabrielle Sedor

Gabrielle Sedor, CAE, joined ANCOR as its Chief Operations Officer in 2015 to advance the association’s strategic positioning. In her capacity as COO, she oversees day-to-day operations and supervises ANCOR’s Communications, Marketing, Membership and Education teams. In 2018, her role expanded to include directing the ANCOR Foundation, which is laying the groundwork for a more inclusive future by developing emerging leaders in the I/DD services workforce through dynamic education and inclusive practices.

Gabrielle is a recognized thought leader, known for her expertise in both the national I/DD service delivery system, as well as in strategies to strengthen the workforce of direct support professionals, who make community inclusion possible for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Direct Care Workforce Strategies Center, the founding board of Techquity for All,  and has previously served on the Board of Directors of the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals.

Prior to joining the staff at ANCOR, Gabrielle spent 16 years at PAR, one of Pennsylvania’s leading statewide associations for providers of intellectual disability and autism services. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Brown University and is recognized as a Certified Association Executive by ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership. Gabrielle has lived and worked overseas, teaching English in high schools and private institutions in Wroclaw, Poland; Santiago, Chile and London, England. She also holds the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate, offered by the University of South Florida as well as a Leadership Decision Making Certificate from the Harvard Kennedy School.