Will Gonzalez, Esq. is the Executive Director of Ceiba, a Latino community-based organization in Philadelphia. He has over 40 years of experience working on the housing, economic, and civil rights of low-to-moderate income families, people who are Limited English Proficient, and immigrants. He has received numerous awards for his work including the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Legal Intelligencer. The Philadelphia Foundation\u2019s Williams Award for Organizational Excellence and The Community Change Award from the Bread & Roses Community Fund recognized his leadership of nonprofits. He grew up in Puerto Rico, has a BS in Economics from Lehigh University and a JD from Rutgers University. Ceiba is the backbone to the Latino Equitable Development Collective (Ceiba-LEDC). This collective impact initiative brings together 10 Latino nonprofits in Philadelphia to encourage collaboration between organizations. Many of them have excellent track records and are leaders in their field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"start_time":0,"end_time":0,"moderators":[],"hashtag":[],"soundcloud":[],"scribble":[],"viafoura":[],"youtube":[],"vimeo":[],"facebook":[],"trint":[],"slideshare":[],"livestream":[],"resources":[],"video_embed":[],"first_name":"Will","last_name":"Gonzalez","title":"Executive Director","organization":"Ceiba","website":"https:\/\/www.ceibaphiladelphia.org","twitter":"ceibaphiladelp1","_sponsor_url":"","_sponsor_tagline":"","_sponsor_level":""},"event":[98],"class_list":["post-11404","ona_speaker","type-ona_speaker","status-publish","hentry","event-ona23"],"yoast_head":"\n