Ed Lopez

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Biography for Ed Lopez

Trustee Area 2, 2020-24

  • Appointment in lieu of election to four-year term in November 2020 and seated in December 2020
  • Elected to four-year term in November 2016 and seated in December 2016.

Board Offices

  • President, 2023; Vice President, 2022; Secretary, 2021
  • Board Representative to the District Audit Committee
  • Board Representative to the NOCCCD Foundation
  • Board Representative to the OC Community Colleges Legislative Task Force, 2018-2019
  • Chair, Board Policy Committee, 2019-2020

Occupation

  • Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Irvine Valley College
  • Former appointee in the Clinton Administration; former Deputy Staff Director, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

Education

  • Indiana University, B.A., M.P.A., J.D.
  • Georgetown University, LL.M.

Affiliations & Public Service

  • Anaheim Mayor's Advisory Council
  • City of Anaheim Budget Commissioner, 2017-2019
  • Los Amigos of Orange County
  • West Anaheim Neighborhood Development Council
  • Anaheim LULAC Council
  • SOCCCD Faculty Association, CTA/NEA
  • Democratic Party of Orange County, Central Committee Member