Gabriel Gallucci was the National Director of Governmental and Political Affairs at the American Federation of School Administrators and oversaw the Union’s NY Local 1 Political team at Council of School Supervisors and Administrators. Over the last seven years, Gabriel has worked with local, state, and federal governments to build new inclusionary education systems tailored to children of all ethnic, religious, and racial demographics.
During his tenure at the union, Gabriel successfully helped propel the State and Administration into fully funding ‘Foundation Aid’ and increasing ‘Fair Student Funding’ to 125 million in additional funding for over 850 schools. In addition, Gabriel and a Coalition of Unions, Food advocates, and elected officials helped push through “Free School Lunch for All” funding, providing free lunch for 1.1 million students throughout NYC. Also, after a hard-fought campaign, New York City in March of 2017 agreed to a new and improved contract with CSA’s Early Childhood Directors, giving the members their first wage increase in ten years. In 2020, Gabriel also helped push the Administration and DOE into approving new contracts for the CSA members.
Most recently, Gabriel successfully established a national pipeline and platform through AFSA where he trained locals from around the country on how to engage with government officials on policies and curriculum that impact the education system in its entirety. Policies included areas involving Social-Emotional Learning, Culturally Responsive Education, and Civic Engagement.
Prior to joining CSA, Gabriel was the Political and Legislative Director at New York Communities for Change, a local non-profit where he helped launch and successfully lead the ‘Fight for $15’ campaign, pushing to raise hourly wages for low wage workers to $15 an hour throughout the State.
Gabriel holds a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from the University of Albany and an Advanced Labor Union Leadership Certificate from Cornell University.