Monica Gomez is a program officer for the Equity in Access portfolio. In her role, she reviews grant proposals, conducts site visits, and makes funding recommendations. Gomez is a seasoned non-profit professional with over 20 years of experience in fund and program development. Throughout her career, she has dedicated herself to leveraging resources for and supporting the capacity-building efforts of organizations working towards social change, racial equity, and economic and social justice.
Previously, she was a lecturer at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. She taught Grantwriting for Non-governmental Organizations to graduate students in USC’s Global Medicine Program. As an independent consultant, she supported a range of organizations in fund development, organizational capacity building, and program development. Former clients include organizations working in youth development, affordable housing, economic development, community organizing, environmental justice, arts, immigrant rights, and LGBTQ rights. From 2016-2019, Gomez was the development director at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), where she led a development team and managed a range of fundraising efforts to support CHIRLA’s unprecedented growth while navigating a challenging external political environment. Gomez has a Master of Public Policy from UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Occidental College.
mgomez [at] calwellness.org