Board Members

Grizel Ubarry
Treasure, G. Ubarry, Inc.

During the last twenty two years, Grizel Ubarry has been president and sole proprietor of G. Ubarry, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in management and community economic development initiatives.  Her firm specializes in working with non-profit organizations, community development corporations, businesses and financial institutions in the development of successful community revitalization projects, specifically in the field of affordable housing. 

Since its inception in 1985, G. Ubarry, Inc. has earned a reputation throughout the Mid Atlantic region for providing a comprehensive approach to the delivery of resources in the development of successful community revitalization projects and in building the capacity of organizations.  The focus of the firm is on creating innovative initiatives in facilitating promising yet challenging development projects from their inception to final stage. 

As a management consultant Ms. Ubarry is involved in the provision of organizational development and strategic and business planning in facilitating non-profit organizations and businesses redefine themselves for the changing environment of the 21st century.  She also serves as a coach to executives and Board of Directors who are retooling their organizations or experiencing transition.  

In 1974, Grizel Ubarry, a recent graduate of Rutgers University, joined the staff of Aspira Inc. of New Jersey as program coordinator and became its Executive Director in 1976.  After six years, she left Aspira to work in government as Special Assistant to the Commissioner of Human Resources Administration in New York and in 1983 the Director of the County of Essex Division of Housing and Community Development, responsible for the planning and administration of a $7 million program assisting eighteen municipalities to improve their housing stock, rehabilitate their neighborhoods and revitalize their business districts. Ms. Ubarry has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

Ms. Ubarry has served on the Board of Trustees of the Newark Museum since 1982.  She chairs the Museum Latino Advisory Board that has spearheaded a wide range of Latino related exhibitions and programs including the Museum’s Annual Latino Film Festival Series and is the current treasurer of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Board of Trustees.

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