Board Members

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Carol K. Gonzales

President

Carol Gonzales serves as Associate Vice President for IT Security & Compliance, Chief Information Security Officer, and Chief Privacy Officer at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She brings over 30 years of experience across government, higher education, and financial services, with expertise in cybersecurity, audit, risk management, and IT operations.

At Cal Poly Pomona, she leads the university’s information security and compliance strategy, overseeing IT policy, risk management, audits, accessibility initiatives, and business continuity and disaster recovery programs. She also serves as an adjunct professor in the Computer Information Systems department.

Carol has been an active member of ISACA since 1996, serving in multiple chapter leadership roles and currently as Vice President. She has supported membership programming, academic partnerships, and has presented at the ISACA LA Spring Conference and CISA review sessions.

She holds a B.S. in Computer Science and an M.S. in Business Administration (IS Auditing) from Cal Poly Pomona, and a doctorate in Information Systems and Technology from Claremont Graduate University. She holds CISA, CDPSE, and ITILv3 certifications.

Raquel De Leon

Raquel de Leon

Vice President

Raquel de Leon is a Senior Manager of Enterprise Risk at Reliance, Inc., where she helps oversee enterprise risk management processes, including risk identification, assessment, mitigation strategies, and ESG reporting initiatives.

She previously served as Senior Internal Audit Manager leading IT SOX compliance, information security audits, and financial audit activities. Her work has included audit planning, risk assessments, audit committee reporting, external audit coordination, and data analytics initiatives. Prior to joining Reliance, she worked at KPMG LLP and in the airline industry focusing on internal audit and business process improvement.

Raquel brings over 20 years of experience in IT, financial, and operational auditing with strong expertise in risk management, governance frameworks, and information security systems.

She is an active member of ISACA and serves as a CISA instructor for the ISACA LA Chapter. Raquel holds CISA and CIA certifications and was recognized with the ISACA LA Chapter Rising Star award.

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Michael Bobrowicz

Program's Chair

Michael is Lead Senior IT Security Engineer – Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) at Cetera Financial Group.

He has been an enterprise IT risk and information security specialist with 14 years of industry experience in managing risk as an analyst, engineer, and project/program manager. Experience includes managing 20+ contractors in IT operations, 25+ FTEs/6 departments within cyber security & risk management, involvement in 225+ project/initiatives, and reporting to CISO and executive board members, as well as performing technical work in fields of IT risk & compliance, BC/DR, IAM, information security, and system development & administration, across US, China, Hong Kong, and India.

Steven Andersen

Steven Andersen

Treasurer

Steven is Senior Internal Auditor with the City of Pasadena.

He is performing diverse and specialized performance, compliance, and operational audits on behalf of the City of Pasadena. Developing recommendations regarding improvements in systems, controls, procedures, or other corrective actions as necessary to assist management to maintain a comprehensive framework of internal controls and ensure efficiency and effectiveness in operations.

Steven was Vice President of Finance for the PMI California Central Valley Chapter where he provided budgeting, accounting, and financial reporting services for the chapter of the Project Management Institute.