Frederick LaBrecque

Biography

Frederick LaBrecque is the Assistant Director for the Notre Dame Poverty Initiative. In this role, he manages active investments and assists in the curation of new opportunities. His responsibilities include overseeing the annual Poverty Research Package funding opportunity, helping identify and recruit top poverty scholars to the University, and leading the Poverty Initiative’s multi-faceted efforts to address the opioids crisis.

Before joining the Poverty Initiative, Fred spent over two decades at the intersection of the academic and nonprofit worlds, from working with underserved families in remote Native Alaskan villages to overseeing large-scale DOD research initiatives in Washington, DC. Most recently, Fred served as Project Development Manager for Notre Dame’s Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities.

Fred holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame.