Peace Corps and Charitable Giving

Gabriel Nehrbass has been a Financial Advisor for Edward Jones for the last decade in New Orleans. He is a Certified Financial Planner ^TM professional that focuses on business and community leaders that want to make an impact in their own lives, in their families, and in the lives of others.

Prior to working for Edward Jones, Gabriel was a professional humanitarian aid worker with Save the Children (2009-14) with assignments in Africa (East and West), Latin America (Central and South), and Asia (Pacific Islands), as well as during his service with the Peace Corps in Togo, West Africa (2006-08).

Gabriel earned his bachelor's degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, and a master's degree in international humanitarian action from L'Universite Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. He is fluent in written and spoken French and Spanish, and in the tradition of his great-great-grandparents from Southern Spain, he is an avid artisanal bread baker. In the tradition of his American father and late American grandmother, he is a passionate gardener. 

He also serves our community as President of EspaÑOLA (realESPANOLA.org), which focuses on Louisiana's Spanish heritage and promoting Spanish cultural events, and as a board member of UNITY of Greater New Orleans (unityGNO.org), which focuses on housing for our brothers and sisters without a home.