Biography
Samuel M. Gebru is a social entrepreneur, community organizer, educator, advocate, and strategist with more than two decades of political and nonprofit experience in the United States and East Africa.
He is a Professor of the Practice of Political Science at Tufts University, where he teaches courses on public policy, advocacy, and American politics, and the Chief Executive Officer of Black Lion Strategies, a public affairs and social impact consulting firm. At Tufts, he also serves as Senior Advisor for Community and Stakeholder Engagement at the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) in the School of Medicine, is an affiliate faculty member of the Tufts University Prison Initiative of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life (TUPIT), and was previously a Senior Fellow at the Tufts Center for State Policy Analysis (cSPA).
An experienced leader, connector, and champion of "good trouble," Gebru has devoted over half of his life to creating and scaling initiatives, building cross-sector partnerships and coalitions, and advancing public policies that promote economic opportunity and social justice. His public service vocation began at age 13, advocating and raising funds for maternal health and women impacted by obstetric fistula, a rare and devastating childbirth injury. A former candidate for City Council in his hometown of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gebru remains deeply engaged in a wide range of domestic and foreign policy issues.
Gebru has served on the governing and advisory boards of numerous institutions over the years and currently holds leadership roles with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Club, the WilmerHale Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action (JALSA), and the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research (CVVR) at Harvard Medical School/BIDMC.
Gebru is multilingual, a frequent public speaker, and a regular news and media contributor. A coffee and ice cream aficionado, he lives in Massachusetts with his dog, Alula.
For more information, speaking requests, and other inquiries: www.smgebru.com
He is a Professor of the Practice of Political Science at Tufts University, where he teaches courses on public policy, advocacy, and American politics, and the Chief Executive Officer of Black Lion Strategies, a public affairs and social impact consulting firm. At Tufts, he also serves as Senior Advisor for Community and Stakeholder Engagement at the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) in the School of Medicine, is an affiliate faculty member of the Tufts University Prison Initiative of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life (TUPIT), and was previously a Senior Fellow at the Tufts Center for State Policy Analysis (cSPA).
An experienced leader, connector, and champion of "good trouble," Gebru has devoted over half of his life to creating and scaling initiatives, building cross-sector partnerships and coalitions, and advancing public policies that promote economic opportunity and social justice. His public service vocation began at age 13, advocating and raising funds for maternal health and women impacted by obstetric fistula, a rare and devastating childbirth injury. A former candidate for City Council in his hometown of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gebru remains deeply engaged in a wide range of domestic and foreign policy issues.
Gebru has served on the governing and advisory boards of numerous institutions over the years and currently holds leadership roles with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Club, the WilmerHale Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action (JALSA), and the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research (CVVR) at Harvard Medical School/BIDMC.
Gebru is multilingual, a frequent public speaker, and a regular news and media contributor. A coffee and ice cream aficionado, he lives in Massachusetts with his dog, Alula.
For more information, speaking requests, and other inquiries: www.smgebru.com