Gabriel Sayegh, Director, State Organizing and Policy Project

Gabriel Sayegh directs the State Organizing and Policy Project of the Drug Policy Alliance. The Project brings together community organizing groups, human service agencies, and researchers to advance drug policies which are guided by science, compassion, health and human rights. The Project’s focus areas include Alabama, Connecticut, and New York. Recent successes include real reform of the Rockefeller Drug Laws in New York.

Sayegh joined DPA in 2003 and has directed the Project since 2005. Prior to joining DPA, Sayegh was session staff in the Washington State Senate and worked as a researcher focused on global trade agreements, domestic welfare reform and the U.S. prison system. A graduate of The Evergreen State College, he lives in Brooklyn and rides his bike to work whenever possible.