2020
SHAMEEKA MARIE
GONZALEZGAMBOA
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR INTER-CULTURAL
AFFAIRS, INC.
Shameeka Marie Gonzalez-Gamboa has been serving as the Chief Financial Officer for the
Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural Affairs, Inc. (NAICA). She held various positions
within the fiscal department and in January of 2019 she was appointed Chief Financial Officer.
As the CFO, she has overseen all aspects of the organization’s finances including; accounting
and financial reporting, development and management of budgets, audits, financing, contracts
and grants administration, and reporting to NAICA’s Board, funders and regulatory agencies.
She has recently ventured into real estate management as the organization has obtained
full ownership of its first affordable housing project. She has played a crucial role in the
organization’s long-term strategic planning and the organization’s ability to meet its mission.
Gonzalez-Gamboa has brought to the organization more than 15 years of financial
management experience in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, with a focus on
developing policies and procedures to improve performance and productivity. Before joining
NAICA, she assisted several organizations, defined their strategic direction, prepared new
business plans, streamlined financial and procedural policies, and created monitoring and
accountability systems.
Gonzalez-Gamboa graduated from Long Island University having achieved a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Political Science, becoming the first in her family to graduate from college. She
completed her master’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance at
Mercy College.
She was able to achieve this milestone within one year of registration while serving as the
Director of Finance for NAICA. Gonzalez-Gamboa graduated Summa Cum Laude and was
inducted into the Delta Mu Delta International Honors Society for Business. While these are
significant professional accomplishments, she considers her greatest achievement is being
the mother of Hector and Jason, her two sons; and wife to her husband Santiago.
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