Lillian Rodriguez-Lopez, Vice-Chair

Lillian Rodríguez López serves as President of the Hispanic Federation, a non-profit membership organization serving close to 100 Latino health and human service agencies in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Lillian first joined the Federation in 1996 as Vice President. Under her leadership, the Federation has dramatically increased its organizational capacity to serve an ever increasing network of member agencies and respond to the Latino community’s local and national needs.

Prior to joining the Hispanic Federation, Ms. Rodríguez López was employed at the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), a public benefit corporation which oversees New York City’s public health care system, in several capacities including Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Ms. Rodríguez López currently is Chair of the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, New Yorkers for Smaller Classes and serves as a member of the Citizen’s Union, the Wells-Fargo-Wachovia Bank Community Board, Nielsen Company Latino Advisory Board and the Manhattan Borough President Community Board Reform Committee. In 2008, she was selected as one of the 15 Most Influential Latinos in the country by People En Español. She was also elected as the 2007 Coors Hispanic Leader of the Year.

Lillian received her B.A. in Communications from Fordham University and completed the Executive Program at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University under the 2003 National Hispana Leadership Institute.