Gabriel is excited to be back in DC after 14 years in country offices. He has held positions based in Manila, Hanoi, Nairobi, and most recently Bogota, where he was HD Program Leader for Colombia and Venezuela. He has led work on a wide variety of topics in human development, three Systematic Country Diagnostics, and the Philippines COVID-19 Emergency Response Health Project. His work has been published in academic journals and cited in the Financial Times, the Washington Post, and the Economist. He has taught economic development at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and was Economic Policy Advisor to Howard Dean during his 2003-04 U.S. presidential campaign.

Gabriel holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California-Berkeley and bachelor’s degrees in civil and environmental engineering and humanities from the University of Texas at Austin. He enjoys cycling and looks forward to exploring DC by bike with his wife and two pre-teen daughters.