Gabe Ishida is the Finance Administrator for the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), and has been with SIEPR for 12 years. Prior to joining SIEPR, he lived in Honolulu, where he worked in both the nonprofit sector and for the Hawaii State Legislature. He earned his bachelor's degree in ethnic studies and master’s in public administration from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.