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September 6, 2022
DELANO, CA – The California Farmworker Foundation (CFF) is growing! The six-year-old foundation has expanded its leadership team with the addition of Gabrielle Kirkland as Director of Fund Development. Kirkland will focus on strategic partnerships and funding opportunities to support the foundation’s programs and services. Over the past ten years, Kirkland worked in the insurance business managing relationships with agricultural trade associations where she developed meaningful and robust partnerships.
“Gabrielle brings two decades of experience working in California agriculture and understands the incredible need that exists among our neighborhoods. I know she will be an integral part of the effort to grow CFF’s services through strategic partnerships,” said Joe Garcia, President of the foundation.
Kirkland graduated from California State University, Fresno with a Bachelor's in Mass Communication and Journalism as well as completed a non-profit management program. She earned an MBA also from CSU Fresno.
“We are confident in the contributions Gabrielle will make to the long-term health of the foundation with strategic partnerships and funding opportunities that support serving our farmworker communities,” stated CFF Executive Director, Hernan Hernandez.
Kirkland will be based in the foundation’s Fresno office. CFF is headquartered in Delano. Services are provided in Kern, Tulare, Fresno, Madera, Riverside, and Santa Barbara counties.
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