Board of Directors
Gabrielle (“Gabby”) Lamarre is the Interim Deputy General Counsel of the General Practice Team at D.C. Public Schools (DCPS). In her role, Gabby provides legal counsel to various DCPS schools and offices, such as the Office of School Improvement and Supports and the Office of Teaching and Learning, and she also supports DCPS with policy implementation and litigation. Prior to joining DCPS, Gabby worked at the Nevada Department of Education (NDE) from 2017-2022 serving as Title I Director and Federal Liaison and eventually as the Director of the Office of Student and School Supports (OSSS), the school improvement arm of the agency. As Director of OSSS, Gabby led a team in implementing various federal and state education programs including Title I, Title III, McKinney-Vento, COVID federal relief funding and various school improvement projects.
Gabby grew up low-income in Cambridge, MA where she was raised by a single mother who immigrated to the U.S. from Jamaica. Gabby began her career as an elementary school teacher and has worked in education law, policy, and advocacy in various settings. She believes in the power of education to transform lives and is determined to be an education advocate for our most underserved student groups, as her mother was for her. Gabby is a graduate of Spelman College, Northeastern University School of Law, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education..
