Gloria Lockhart, MSW
President & CEO
Toberman Neighborhood Center
On March 10, 2008, Gloria Lockhart was awarded Woman of
the Year by Assemblymember Betty Karnette of the 54th Assembly
District in Sacramento. This honor was the result of her professional
accomplishments, exceptional service and compassionate community
involvement as a venerated role model. She is a Los Angeles
Commissioner for the Harbor Area Planning Commission, serves
on the Executive Community Police Advisory Board, and recently
co-chaired the Teen Summit for the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce.
In 2005, Gloria Lockhart began her leadership as President
and CEO of Toberman, guiding this organization to its next level
of operations as it opens the doors of a new state-of-the-art
campus, impacting over 15,000 lives annually. Earning her MSW
from the University of Michigan, Gloria’s professional
career extends back 30 + years beginning with community organizing
in both Detroit, Michigan and Atlanta, Georgia, and directing
volunteer programs for the Atlanta United Way. Gloria arrived
in Los Angeles in 1991. Her experience in social work includes
administration, program development, collaboration building,
grassroots organizing, team building, youth leadership development,
curriculum development, and group facilitation.
Recent career highlights in Los Angeles include the development
of gender specific curriculum for girls in the juvenile justice
system for the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults against Women
and Girls and Gangs. This curriculum is designed to change the
behavior of girls when transitioning back to the community.
It is believed to be the only one of its kind in the country.
Gloria also served as the director of training for Children’s
Institute International in Los Angeles. She received local and
nationwide acclaim for her role as past director of the Hollywood
LA Bridges Youth Violence Prevention program with Children’s
Hospital Los Angeles--Adolescent Medicine. Under her leadership,
the program was cited for Best Practices by the City of Los
Angeles, and became the template for the other 26 Bridges I
programs, one of which exists here at Toberman.
Gloria is guiding Toberman to develop multi-faceted strategies
within its programs to meet every social, economic, educational
and spiritual need of the client and the community. This requires
the agency to have the appropriate tools to move people from
poverty to self-sufficiency.
In addition to her successful career, Gloria is a single parent
of a daughter resides in NY with a career in entertainment;
one of the first African American women to reach the summit
of Kilimanjaro; the first in her family to graduate from college.
Her hobbies include running, cycling, and reading.
