As of May 2017, Kelly Gonzalez has served as Director of CCA's Syracuse and Rochester offices. Ms. Gonzalez has been with CCA since 2013, starting as Student Advocate, then moving to Program Director for Student Advocacy, and then to Director of Advocacy Services, where she oversaw CCA's Client Specific Planning, Reentry Clinic, Transition Coach Program, and Student Advocacy Program.

She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Human Service Studies from Cornell University and a Juris Doctor Degree from Northeastern University. She is admitted to the Bar in New York State and in the US District Court, Northern District of NY. After law school, she worked for the Legal Aid Society offices in Suffolk County and Onondaga County, both in the Family Court Bureau. Afterwards, Ms. Gonzalez was the Practitioner-in-Residence for the Office of Clinical Legal Education of Syracuse University's College of Law where she taught and supervised student attorneys and provided direct legal service to clients, primarily in criminal and family law matters.