Abby Gilbert is the Executive Director of Tikvah| Empowering Adults with the Lived Experience of Mental Illness. Abby has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the Philadelphia nonprofit community, with particular expertise in community organizing and planning, experiential education, and lay/professional relations. Prior to joining Tikvah, Abby managed the Northeast Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC) and had been the director of KleinLife in Northeast Philadelphia, a community resource center dedicated to helping families, seniors, and youths with programs and services.
Abby’s volunteer roles in the community have included membership on the City of Philadelphia Police District Advisory Board; board service at the Holocaust Awareness Museum and Education Center; and board service with the Northeast Sunrisers Rotary Club. Abby holds a BA in Communications from Temple University where she also did graduate work in Public Administration. She has a Master’s degree in Jewish Communal Service from Gratz College. Abby resides in Jenkintown, PA with her husband, Gary Freedman. Abby and Gary have two grown daughters.