Christina M. Lopez

Senior Manager, Education Business Coalitions

Christina M. Lopez, Senior Manager of Education Business Coalitions, focuses on supporting chambers of commerce and other business organizations across the country through UNITE-LA's partnership with the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE). Lopez simultaneously advances UNITE-LA's mission through strategic program growth and relationships development with key stakeholders and executes and reports on specific deliverables for UNITE-LA's grant-funded work.

Prior to joining UNITE-LA, Lopez served as a Project Administrator for New York’s Pathways to Careers in Technology Programming for Buffalo Public Schools, led the Business Services Division of Buffalo and Erie County’s Workforce Investment Board, served as the Manager of Workforce Development for the Buffalo Niagara Partnership and served as the Manager of Marketing and Communications for the Amherst Chamber of Commerce.

Lopez holds a Master of Science degree in Public Relations and Marketing Management and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Communications Management from the State University of New York College at Buffalo. Outside of work, Lopez serves as a classroom volunteer, teaching and mentoring students through Junior Achievement of Western New York.