Mayor Martin Walsh and Boston Public Schools Superintendent Tommy Chang today announced the appointment of Gabrielle Farrell as deputy chief of staff of Communications for Boston Public Schools. In this position, Farrell will drive many of Boston Public Schools’ key initiatives as they pertain to a proactive internal and external communications strategy.
In her role as deputy chief of staff of Communications, Farrell will oversee many of Boston Public Schools’ key functions and initiatives as they pertain to communications strategy.
Farrell is currently associate press secretary to Walsh. She joined the Walsh administration in March 2014 as the mayor’s press assistant. Previously, Farrell served at Project Bread, which stewards The Walk for Hunger, handling communications and external affairs.
“Working directly with Mayor Walsh these past two years has been nothing short of incredible,” said Farrell. “I extend my gratitude to the mayor for his work and dedication to the students of Boston and granting me this honor and opportunity to give back and serve my community.”
In 2008, Farrell was awarded the prestigious Posse Foundation Scholarship, a national full-scholarship, merit-based program, which received support from President Barack Obama, who donated a portion of his Nobel Peace Prize award to the foundation in 2010. She is also a graduate Harvard University’s Crimson Summer Academy, which taps local high-achieving, economically disadvantaged students, from Boston, Cambridge and Somerville, to study at Harvard for six weeks each summer.
A native of Mattapan, Farrell has a longstanding passion for Boston’s public education system and Boston youth.
Farrell graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 2012 and earned a bachelor’s degree in both French and Political Science and is currently working to attain her master’s of science degree in Communications from Northeastern University. Farrell currently resides in Dorchester and is expected to begin on March 28, 2016.
