Keisha González is a community development professional with robust place-keeping tools. She has experience stabilizing communities while preparing them to capture the wealth introduced by market pressures. Her work is grounded in the truth that communities cannot be curated into a state of thriving; instead, they can be resourced to reclaim autonomy from the systems that have made them vulnerable.
As Senior Director, Social Impact Investing and Economic & Community Development, she drives the Cleveland Foundation's Creating Vibrant Neigborhoods investments. She works in proximity with executive leadership and finance to steward the foundation's social impact investing program with a specialization in PRI & Recoverable Grants. More recently, Keisha has built out the Cleveland Foundation's efforts on innovation, supporting efforts to strengthen the sector's capacity and appetite for innovative risk that delivers impact locally and advances the community foundation sector.
Keisha served as the Managing Director for the Metro West Community Development Organization, where she implemented the organization's strategic plan, managed its programs and operations, and facilitated productive relationships in the public, private, and civic sectors. Her leadership was instrumental in the organization's success and impact in serving Ohio's dentist Latine neighborhood.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Cleveland State University and a Master of Arts in Historic Preservation from the University of Delaware. During her time at the University of Delaware, she contributed to preserving historic structures, public realm infrastructure, and landscapes for local and state governments through her work at the Mid-Atlantic Historic Buildings and Landscape Survey at the Centre for Historic Architecture and Design.