Sherzod Gulamov - 50CAN National

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Sherzod Gulamov

Director of Finance

Sherzod brings over a decade of nonprofit financial leadership to 50CAN as Director of Finance, overseeing financial strategy, budgeting, and grants management to ensure sustainable growth and fiscal responsibility.

Prior to joining 50CAN, he served as Associate Director of Strategic Financial Planning and Budgeting at Evidence Action, where he led organization-wide budgeting processes, developed multi-year financial models, and provided strategic financial analysis for executive decision-making. His extensive nonprofit experience includes senior financial roles at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Women Deliver, and the Center for Reproductive Rights, where he managed complex multi-million dollar budgets, implemented financial systems and processes, and ensured donor compliance across diverse funding streams.

He holds an MPA from Baruch College and a BA in History from Samarkand State University.

Sherzod lives in Maryland with his wife and son. Outside of work, you’ll find him exploring steam train museums with his train-obsessed son, reading books, or watching Premier League matches.

More about Sherzod Gulamov

I aspire to be like the man I hope to meet when I am 80 years old.. Here's why:

The man I envision meeting at 80 looks back on his life and can honestly say he lived with few regrets. He knows he wasn't perfect and didn't get everything right, but he also knows he gave his best effort. He strived to be the best version of himself, a devoted father to his child, a loving and supportive partner to his wife, a caring son to his mother, a loyal friend, and a responsible citizen. He can say with confidence that his work contributed to the greater good and that he left the world a little better than he found it. I hope to become that man.

Why I love my job:

I love my job because it allows me to work with passionate changemakers whose work contributes to bettering our communities and society at large. My job enables me to use my skills to contribute to something greater.

My connection to public schools:

I experience the US public school system through my son. As a parent, I want my child to have access to quality education and thrive as both a student and a person. As a concerned citizen, I want every child to have access to great schools and quality education, regardless of where they live.

What I’m bad at:

I'm a hopeless practitioner of tsundoku - the Japanese art of buying books and letting them pile up unread.

The image that represents why I work at 50CAN:

This photo of my son represents to me a child full of dreams. One day he dreams of being a train engineer, another day he wants to build rocketships that travel far into space. I know the importance of quality education that allows kids to dream big and make those dreams come true. I work for 50CAN so every child can dream big and achieve their dreams.