Christina Mercado-Gonzalez

Mrs. Mercado-González currently serves as the Executive Director of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (AZHCC) Foundation’s American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian (AIANNH) Project NABEDC. Christina is responsible for the overall success of the program, and she and her team assist businesses with building scale and capacity, increasing revenue, creating and retaining jobs through regional, national, and international expansion and direct assistance services.

Before rejoining the AZHCC in 2024 in her current capacity, Christina served as Comerica Bank’s Vice President, External Affairs Market Manager for Arizona, where she stewarded the bank’s Community Reinvestment Act program and worked to spread the bank’s financial literacy message in partnership with Comerica’s community partners.

Christina has a history of serving the community in her professional career and has held several roles at the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. As the AZHCC’s Director of Operations & Marketing as well as their Vice President of Corporate Partnerships, she worked to advance the chamber’s mission to promote the success of Hispanic and minority small businesses in Arizona. She also has over twenty years of experience as a results-oriented multicultural marketing and advertising professional, specializing in the U.S. Hispanic market.

Christina is an Arizona native and received her Master’s degree in International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and her BS in Business Administration from the University of Arizona.

She is actively involved in the local community and has served in leadership positions in a variety of local organizations. She currently serves on the Arizona Diamondbacks Los D-Backs Hispanic Advisory Council, is the Chair of the Board of Global Ties Arizona, and is a new board member of the Arizona Animal Welfare League.