Gabrielle Blake

Gabrielle Blake is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and joined Franklin & Kyle Elder Law as an Elder Care Coordinator in 2010. She has a bachelor’s degree in human services from Tennessee Wesleyan College and a Master of Social Work from the University of Tennessee. In 1997, Gabrielle began her career as a community counselor at Charter Lakeside Psychiatric Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. After obtaining her license as a clinical social worker (LCSW), Gabrielle was a group and individual therapist at the Peninsula Senior Day Hospital, a Covenant Health program. She worked with Peninsula for 24 years, most recently serving on their audit team.

Gabrielle is active in our community and her church. She joined with other members of Parish Health at Church Street United Methodist Church to launch a caregiver support group in 2022 and an annual caregiver workshop series. She is the chair of the advisory board of the Senior Home Companion Program (Knox County Office on Aging).  She is an active volunteer with Random Acts of Flowers and served on their board of directors from 2018-2024. Gabrielle was the 2024 Walk Community Engagement Chair for the Alzheimer’s Association. She also regularly volunteers with Alzheimer’s Tennessee on their walk committee and as a member of their Business Professionals Against Alzheimer’s group.


Gabrielle is a Certified Dementia Practitioner by the National Council for Certified Dementia Practitioners. She is a member of the Knoxville Chapter of Tennessee Society of Healthcare Social Workers, the National Association of Social Workers, and East Tennessee Council on Children and Youth.  In 2016, she was named Social Worker of the Year by the Tennessee Society of Healthcare Social Workers. In 2019, she was named Champion of Seniors by the Knoxville-Knox County Office on Aging. In 2022, she received the John J. Duncan, Sr., Award for Senior Advocacy, also known as the Duncan Award.

In her spare time, “Gabe” enjoys camping, hiking, and gardening with her husband and two daughters. She also makes a pretty delicious chocolate Bundt cake–some might even call it famous!