Lolita Lopez confirmed to Delaware Tech Board of Trustees

Lolita A. Lopez was nominated by Gov. Jack A. Markell and confirmed by the Delaware Senate March 23 as the newest member of Delaware Tech's Board of Trustees, effective immediately.

Lopez is currently the president and chief executive officer of Westside Family Healthcare, with six locations in Kent and New Castle counties. At the helm of the private, nonprofit community health center for the last 26 years, Lopez is responsible for strategic direction, fiscal management, development and operations.

Lopez is a member of the Christiana Care Health System Board of Trustees, the Visiting Nurses Association Board of Directors, the Delaware Healthy Mother and Infant Consortium, the American College of Healthcare Executives Delaware Regent’s Advisory Council, the Todmorden Foundation Board, and the Delaware Center for Health Innovation Board, chair of the National Association of Community Health Centers Advocacy Task Force, and co-chair of the Healthy Neighborhoods Committee.

Lopez has received numerous honors including the National Association of Community Health Centers Outstanding Achievement Award (2015), YWCA Delaware Trailblazer Award (2011), Hispanic Heritage Hall of Fame (2010), Latin American Community Center Distinguished Hispanic Delawarean Award (2006), Delaware Commission for Women Hall of Fame of Delaware Women (2006), and American College of Healthcare Executives Senior-Level Delaware Regent’s Award (2005).

Lopez graduated from the University of Delaware with a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and a master’s degree in mental health counseling. A native Delawarean, she lives in Middletown with her husband, Don Jesse.

Lopez replaces Audrey Van Luven, who was thanked for her service on the Board of Trustees.