Virginia Gamboa

Virginia Gamboa has a diverse work experience spanning over 20 years in various roles related to media, communications, and public relations. Virginia is currently the Senior Director of Hispanic Media at Subject Matter, a position they have held since December 2020. Prior to this role, they were the Director of Hispanic Media at the same company from December 2020 to November 2022.

Before joining Subject Matter, Gamboa worked as a Senior Media Relations Specialist at Subject Matter from September 2014 to January 2020. In this role, they provided strategic campaign consultation, media training, and message development for multicultural campaign projects. Virginia also developed and maintained relationships with international, national, and local media and coordinated interviews between spokespeople and the media.

Earlier in their career, Gamboa worked as a Senior Consultant - Contractor at Monro Marketing and Media Solutions from February 2014 to 2016. Virginia also served as the Hispanic Banking Program Manager at Capital One from February 2008 to November 2013, where they managed multicultural media and community relation strategies for 144 branches and acted as a regional spokesperson with Hispanic media.

Gamboa's other work experiences include roles such as Communications Associate at the Pan American Health and Education Foundation from September 2005 to February 2008, Marketing Assistant at the Inter-American Development Bank from March 2005 to September 2005, Press Department Assistant at the Organization of American States from January 2003 to May 2004, Public Relations Consultant at Avantica Media Consultant from January 2001 to June 2002.

Virginia also worked as a Radio Producer and Reporter at Circuito FM CENTER from August 2000 to March 2002, and as a Press Consultant at Dynasign Advertising Company from January 2000 to September 2000, where they provided political campaign consultation, composed press releases, and managed press relations for clients.

Virginia Gamboa's education history includes a bachelor's degree in Social Communications from Universidad Central de Venezuela, which they obtained between 1994 and 1999. After that, they pursued a master's degree in History of the Americas from the same university, completing it between 2000 and 2002. Later, Virginia attended The George Washington University from 2012 to 2013, where they received a Master's Certificate in Project Management from the School of Business. Additionally, Virginia studied Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia at Georgetown University, though the exact dates of their enrollment are not provided.