Olga Gonzalez (she, her, hers) Olga is a long-time diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant, seasoned nonprofit professional, and community activist and organizer. She is the CEO of O.G. Consulting Services. Prior to creating her consulting business, she spent the past 24 years working within the nonprofit sector in various roles and has been instrumental in creating programs, curriculums, and policies that center people of color and other underrepresented groups.
Olga has also facilitated DEI and leadership trainings nationally and throughout the state of Colorado. She is currently working with several Colorado Trust-funded organizations that have a focus on racial equity as an expert practitioner with the CIRCLE team. She believes that intentional diversity and inclusion work can result in more equitable, compassionate and humane organizations and communities.
Olga has participated in numerous trainings and leadership programs related to inclusiveness and equity such as the Visiones Multicultural Leadership Program, Leadership Denver, and Undoing Racism. She is active in her community as a board member for several nonprofit organizations, and as a past member of the Denver SNAP Task Force, and as an Appointed Member of the Colorado Governor’s Council for Active and Healthy Lifestyles. Nationally, she is a member of the Food Trust’s Food and Health Equity National Working Group.
Olga has earned several awards and recognition for her work in the areas of inclusiveness, equity, and social justice, including the Mayor’s Award for Outstanding Denver Citizen Committed to Fighting Against Hate and the Award for Excellence in the Promotion of Health Equity from the Public Health in the Rockies Conference. Olga holds a dual bachelor’s degree in psychology and Chicano studies from Scripps College in Claremont, CA. She also earned a master’s degree in nonprofit management from Regis University as a Colorado Trust Fellow.
Olga is a MeXicanIndia (Yaqui/Otomi) woman who was born in Mexico, and along with her parents, crossed the illegal US border when she was 4 years old. Olga is also the proud mother of three amazing children; Nez (18), Ximalma (8) and Xareni (5), who she is raising to be the next generation of fierce and compassionate social justice warriors. She is married to Malik Robinson and together, they like to eat, travel and teach Zumba classes.