Gisselle Acevedo is a trauma-informed Marriage and Family therapist and works with people in traditionally marginalized communities. She has served as CEO and in other executive positions across both philanthropic and for-profit organizations, including AT&T, The Los Angeles Times, Para Los Niños, and Ackerman Institute for the Family.

Gisselle has served on the boards of the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, the Loyola Law School Social Justice Clinic, Health Net, and Farmers Insurance. She is a Regent Emeritus at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, and the Child and Family Guidance Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Gisselle is a graduate of California Institute of Integral Studies Center for Psychedelic Research Therapies and Research. She holds a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Fairfield University and a J.D. from Loyola Law School.