Maria N. Gonzalez

Board Member

As President for HACE, Maria Nixa Gonzalez heads HACE’s development team managing over $100M of commercial and housing development projects that have contributed to the stabilization and revitalization of the Fairhill and St. Hugh Neighborhoods. Since 1996, she has been responsible for raising development capital from a broad base of private and public foundations and governmental bodies.

Mrs. Gonzalez’s most notable achievement is the creation of a supportive community for elders through the development of affordable rental housing and the construction of a Life Center that provides frail elders with social and health services so that they can remain living at home for as long as possible.

Mrs. Gonzalez received her Bachelor’s degree with honors from St. Joseph’s University. She won the Ernest C. Olivares Leadership Award in 1999 from the Bank of America Leadership Academy, was named most Influential Latinos by Impacto Newspaper in 2013, 2014, and 2015 and was named by the Philadelphia Business Journal as a Woman to Watch in 2016.

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