Gabbert previously served as a social work consultant and stability specialist with the Homelessness and Housing Alliance, where his tasks included partnering with the Fort Walton Beach Police Department to find housing for homeless people.
His previous jobs also included serving as lead case manager, housing coordinator and grant manager for the Gateway Community Service Board in Brunswick, Georgia; city manager and chief municipal finance officer for the city of South Fulton, Tennessee; and as a rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility administrator, mostly in Tennessee.
“This job (as the One Hopeful Place shelter manager) is right up my alley,” Gabbert said.