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Andre King, President and CEO
Andre brings over 14 years of professional experience working in the human services field to our firm. Through his strategic counsel and agenda-setting outreach, he has created real change for communities by empowering average citizens and local community organizations to get involved in political issues that impact their quality of life.
As President and CEO of GDK Associates, Andre drives the direction of the company and oversees its operations. He is charged with aligning GDK Associates with new opportunities and aggressively tackling the emerging issues in our communities.
Early in his professional life, Andre was instrumental in organizing neighborhood meetings and community-based education initiatives around social justice issues, such as leading bus drives throughout NYC to get concerned citizens to participate in public hearings and directing several voter registration drives in underrepresented minorities.
Andre’s career later intensified as a substance abuse counselor in New York serving dual diagnosed adolescents in a privately owned residential treatment facility. As a member of the treatment team, Andre worked along side other healthcare professionals to develop and administer plans for the healing of young clients. Andre’s work required partnerships and interaction with government agencies representing DFACS, Medicaid, the judicial system, law enforcement, attorneys, probation officers and public agencies in several Northeastern states.
He has played an active role in the mentoring and counseling of young adults since the beginning of his career. Considering himself a “political junkie,” Andre has proactively championed community involvement and activism in political issues impacting underrepresented communities. His educational background focuses on the areas of teaching and substance abuse counseling.
Andre has been a member of a number of professional associations throughout his career, including Vice President of Coalition for Blacks in Action in Albany, NY; and a member of the Henry County NAACP in Ellenwood, GA.
Gabrielle King, Vice President and COO
Gabrielle King has over 19 years of professional experience in creating and implementing advocacy and public education initiatives specific to underrepresented and at-risk communities. She has demonstrated public policy experience in healthcare access, economic development and social justice issues.
As Vice President of GDK Associates, Gabrielle assists non-profit and for-profit organizations in reaching their community and business goals through grassroots educational and advocacy initiatives, partnership management and program development and administration.
Gabrielle has focused much of her career on the healthcare industry, advancing healthcare issues and shaping related public policy. Throughout her career, she has developed professional networks and partnerships with a diverse representation of local, state and national patient and disease organizations, professional medical organizations, faith-based and multicultural organizations, healthcare product and services corporations and associations, and state and federal health agencies.
Her advocacy work has positively affected public policy related to healthcare access and health disparities, particularly focused on low-income and underrepresented communities. Gabrielle has a history of motivating constituencies to take action on critical community issues and has exposed these issues to key opinion leaders and elected officials, leading to changes in legislation.
Gabrielle utilized her skills and experience as a consultant representing AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Vox Medica Healthcare Public Relations, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, the Association of Black Cardiologists and Omega Health Group. Prior to relocating to Georgia, Gabrielle served as Senior Director of Alliance Development for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) overseeing East Coast ally development operations and serving as a lobbyist on pharmaceutical industry issues. During her career in Washington, DC, she spent 10 years with the Health Industry Manufacturers Association (now AdvaMed) working with physicians and health care organizations in coalition development on medical device industry issues.
Gabrielle is a graduate of the University of Akron, where she majored in Business Administration.
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