Gweneka Leach, Cfe, Cia, Crma
About Gweneka Leach, Cfe, Cia, Crma
Gweneka Leach is the Senior Director of Mortgage Strategy, Governance, and PMO at Ally Home and serves as a Board Member for The Charlotte Post Foundation. She has approximately 20 years of experience in business operations transformation, enterprise risk assessments, and human capital management.
Current Role at Ally Home
Gweneka Leach is the Senior Director of Ally Home's Mortgage Strategy, Governance, and PMO. Since 2021, she has been responsible for leading the Project Management Office (PMO), overseeing the review and approval of new mortgage business initiatives. In her role, she collaborates with C-Suite executives to identify emerging industry risks and develop strategies to manage current risk programs. She also drives the people strategy with a focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I), Employee Engagement, and Leadership Training.
Board Membership at The Charlotte Post Foundation
Since 2021, Gweneka Leach has served as a Board Member and Nominations Committee Chair at The Charlotte Post Foundation in Charlotte, North Carolina. In this capacity, she helps guide the foundation's mission and strategic direction, particularly through her leadership on the Nominations Committee. Her work supports the foundation's initiatives aimed at improving educational outcomes and economic opportunities for underserved communities.
Previous Roles at Ally
Before her current role, Gweneka Leach held various positions at Ally. From 2020 to 2021, she was the Senior Director of Audit Talent Management & Communications, focusing on internal audit functions. From 2018 to 2020, she served as the Audit Director for Human Capital and Learning & Development. These roles involved overseeing talent management, communication strategies, and auditing human capital initiatives, all based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Experience at Deloitte and Other Firms
From 2017 to 2018, Gweneka Leach was a Senior Manager in Advisory Services at Deloitte in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to that, she worked at Deloitte Australia as Manager of Internal Audit from 2015 to 2016 and Risk Services Manager from 2012 to 2015 in McLean, Virginia, and Sydney, New South Wales. Earlier in her career, she held audit and risk management roles at CITGO Petroleum, NiSource, and Ernst & Young, gaining experience in corporate audit supervision and internal auditing.
Educational Background
Gweneka Leach studied at North Carolina State University - College of Management, where she achieved a Bachelor of Science in Accounting between 1995 and 1999. Her academic background laid the foundation for her career in business operations transformation, enterprise risk assessments, strategy and operations, methodology & governance development, and human capital management.