Hi. I’m Gabrielle Giddings.
Gologio is intentionally small. If we work together, you’ll be working with me, so I should introduce myself.
For more than thirty years, I’ve helped mission-driven organizations use communication to solve important problems, build trust, and move their work forward. I bring joy, relentless optimism, and the belief that there’s rarely just one right answer. Usually, there are several good ones. The challenge is finding the best one for this moment.
Communication isn’t the goal, it’s the engine. It’s how ideas move, trust is built, and people connect to purpose. When it’s done well, it’s one of the most powerful tools an organization has.
This is why my first question is never “What do you want to say?” It’s always “What are we trying to accomplish?”
Over the years, I’ve worked in nonprofits across healthcare, education, and philanthropy. I’ve led a billion-dollar fundraising campaign, supported presidents and CEOs, navigated crises, built brands, created events that raised millions, launched websites, and produced more videos, talking points, proposals, cases for support, and marketing pieces than I could possibly count.
That’s a lot of lessons learned—and trust me when I say I learned some of them the hard way.
If we work together, my job isn’t to tell you what you want to hear. It’s to help you get it right. And I’ll be right there with you until we do.
Your turn.
Say Hi...The official deets.
Gabrielle Giddings has spent more than 30 years at the intersection of communications, marketing, and fundraising for mission-driven organizations.
She has held senior leadership positions at Mercy Housing, the University of Denver, and Temple University, leading campaign communications, advancement marketing, fundraising strategy, events, and communications for organizations navigating periods of significant growth and change.
Highlights of her work include helping launch the University of Denver’s $1 billion Denver Difference campaign, leading the development of its communications strategy and identity, and later overseeing campaign operations, strategic planning, and communications; directing communications for Temple Health Institutional Advancement and the Lewis Katz School of Medicine; and serving as Senior Vice President at Mercy Housing, the nation’s largest nonprofit provider of affordable housing.
Over the course of her career, Gabrielle has led communications and fundraising initiatives spanning executive communications, campaigns, community relations, crisis communications, media relations, donor engagement, and large-scale events. Her work has been recognized with numerous professional awards, including a regional Emmy.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in archaeology from Bryn Mawr College and a master’s degree in communication management from Temple University.