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Debra Gore

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Founder & Principal at Debra Gore Group LLC
📍 Oakland, California, United States

Debra Gore is the Founder and Principal of the Debra Gore Group, a firm focused on equity-centered community development. With an MBA from Stanford, her career spans non-profit leadership as CEO of The Greenlining Institute and the San Francisco Conservation Corps, leveraging a deep background in finance and mission-driven strategy.

A former NCAA Division I basketball player at Stanford where she was team captain, Debras passion for sports continues. She founded Oakland Rise, a professional womens basketball club, to advance opportunities for female athletes and is deeply engaged in local Oakland community events, especially those empowering minority communities.

She was one of the first women to receive a basketball scholarship to Stanford University under Title IX.

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Experience
37 Years
Current Role
Founder & Principal
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Oakland, California, United States
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Closing Racial Wealth Gap
Her consulting firm is explicitly mission-driven to design strategies that close the racial wealth gap, a central theme of her work at The Greenlining Institute.
Oakland Community Empowerment
Actively participates in and promotes local events in Oakland focused on community health, wellness, and economic empowerment, as seen in her recent social media activity.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Founder & Principal
Debra Gore Group LLC
9-2019 - 2-2025
President & CEO
The Greenlining Institute
2016 - 2021
Managing Director
Oakland Rise
2015 - 2019
CEO | Executive Director
San Francisco Conservation Corps
2012 - 2014
Chief Development Officer
Cal Alumni Association | UC Berkeley
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Education
MBA
Stanford University
BS
Stanford University
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