Staff

Carolyn I. Gonzalez, Business Development Officer

Carolyn I. Gonzalez joined CommCap as Business Development Officer in February 2008. She has over 11 years of experience in the economic and community development field. Carolyn has worked in the public, quasi-public and nonprofit sectors in economic and housing development program management, project management, neighborhood revitalization, redevelopment and land use planning, and small business assistance program

management. She has also provided consulting services to emerging Community Development Financial Institutions. 

Carolyn has served on a variety of boards and committees including the Bridgeport Neighborhood Fund, Groundwork Bridgeport, and the Park City Brownfields Partnership and served as co-chair of Bridgeport’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and the Economic Development Sub-Committee of Bridgeport’s Urban Land Institute Study. Carolyn is a founding member of the Greater Bridgeport Latino Network and organizing member of the Dizzy’s Dream Initiative. She attended the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras, holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Bridgeport and is currently enrolled at University College at Fairfield University.