Gilda “Gigi” Pedraza

Gigi Pedraza is the Executive Director of the Latino Community Fund, a direct service organization and philanthropic intermediary dedicated to accelerating positive and equitable change for Georgia through its pillars: Advancing People’s Democracy, Protecting and Building Communities, and Expanding Economic Opportunity. During her tenure, she has expanded knowledge of the Latino community in Georgia through various research projects uplifting immigrant and Latino contributions, including the first State of Latinos in Georgia and Status of Latino Health reports.

She launched the only Latino-led coalition focused on Latino mobilization, the Georgia Collaborative for Immigrant Leadership Development; secured over US$18 million for programs, services, grants, and assistance for the community; and is a winner of two Southeast Emmy Awards. She is the recipient of numerous awards for leadership and collaboration focus, including the 2025 Top Practitioner Award by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, the 2023 Caminar Latino Journey Award, the 2022 MLK Community Service Award from Emory University, 2022 Partner of the Year by the Georgia Hispanic Construction Association the 2018 NFL Hispanic Leadership Award, and is one of the members of the Hall of Fame for the most influential Latinos in Georgia. An active community leader, she has co-led various statewide committees, including the Georgia Latino Complete Count Committee for Census, the Steering Committee for the Georgia Immigrant Rights Alliance, the Program Committee at the Georgia Grantmakers Alliance, and served on the advisory board for Kids in Need of Defense.