Yadira (Yadie) Gonzales is a communication and marketing professional with over 15 years of experience in public relations, crisis and reputation management, public affairs, digital marketing, corporate social responsibility, broadcast, and fundraising.

She has worked for both nonprofit and private sector entities that include leadership roles as a senior corporate relations consultant for a Fortune 500 Company and as an enterprise-wide Spanish-language lead.

However, Yadira’s passion lies in the work that she has done in advocating for change through various convenings, including meeting with the White House Domestic Policy Council during the Obama Administration and providing counsel to national nonprofit leaders regarding policy advocacy and communications. Additionally, she is focused on mission delivery and working in partnerships with diverse representatives from various communities and organizations for local and national nonprofits through her volunteer efforts.

Yadira has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and a Master of Science degree in Organizational Leadership from Our Lady of the Lake University. Yadira, a South Texas native, by way of many military installations abroad and the U.S., now calls San Antonio home.