Anna C. Gomez, CPA is a Filipino-American finance executive with a distinguished career in the advertising and marketing industry.

She serves as CFO, Americas of Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) where she oversees financial strategy at the highest level.

Born in Makati, Philippines, she immigrated to the U.S. and built her career from the ground up — starting as a copy girl for a legal firm and ascending to CFO. A significant part of her career was spent at Leo Burnett, the Chicago-based global ad giant responsible for “personifying” some of our best know global brands. At Leo Burnett, she managed financial strategies across multiple agencies and led the integration of Publicis Groupe acquisitions in North America. She has also held a CFO role in the global advertising agency, No Fixed Address (parent company of Mischief USA).

She is widely regarded as a thought leader in her field, having been named to Yahoo Finance’s Top 100 Women Executives (2020) and receiving the Illinois CPA Society’s 2024 Women to Watch Experienced Leader Award. She is also a sought-after conference speaker.

Anna is also an award-winning romance novelist with eight published books and a Hallmark movie adaptation in development. She co-authored a bestselling book with actor Kristoffer Polaha.

She is widely seen as a trailblazer — one of the few diverse women in senior executive finance roles in the advertising industry.