Hope Lopez

Strategic, equity-centered operations leader with 10+ years managing complex projects, internal systems, and process improvements in healthcare and public sectors. Skilled in Lean methods, equitable hiring, and stakeholder engagement. Known for relational leadership, cross-system alignment, and advancing racial and disability justice through collaborative, trust-based team cultures.

• House Manager/Event Coordinator, Abbey Arts, Seattle
• ERAC (Equity Race Advisory Committee), Seattle Public Schools
• Seattle Children’s Inclusion Network
• KEXP Gold Club Volunteer
• Committee on Minority Faculty Advancement (UW)
• Rock the Vote/JAMPAC
• Lifelong AIDS Alliance

• Undoing Racism (People’s Institute)
• Foundations in Somatic Abolitionism
• Race, Health & Justice Symposium
• ISO 9001 Internal Auditor
• Continuous Improvement Fundamentals
• Anti-Racism in Healthcare
• Disability History & Justice Lecture Series
• Health Equity & Data Workshops (Johns Hopkins, Seattle Children's)

• Supporting your Family with Special Needs Master Plan, May 8, 2024, virtual training, WISE Training with Mary McDirmid.
• Overcoming Communication Barriers: Techniques for Job Coaches and Developers, May 8, 2024, virtual training, WISE Training with Maxx Hawes & Bryce Johnson
• Embracing Mental Health: A Holistic Approach for Self-Advocates, May 8, 2024, virtual training, WISE Training with Irene Cordero.
• Trials, Tenacity, and Triumph for a Supported Living Program, May 8, 2024, virtual training, WISE Training with Tarra Hollins and Susan Radke.
• Race, Health Y Justice Symposium, April 12, 2024, virtual training, UW Bioethics, Jennifer James from UCSF and Yolonda Wilson from St. Louis presented their work on the theme of anti-racism in public health and bioethics.
• Engaging Disability, Empowering History: Ethics and Politics of Disability History, October 17, 2023, public lecture, Dr. Joanne Woiak, University of Washington Disability Studies.
• Foundations in Somatic Abolitionism (FSA), September 14, September 14, and September 21, 2023, virtual training, Resmaa Menakem.
• Race, Equity, and Social Justice Workshop, 3-day virtual training, Dr. Sharon Knight, Seattle, WA, June 6 and June 8, 2023.
• Undoing Racism, People’s Institute, 3-day virtual training; Seattle, WA September 2021.
• Navigating Microaggressions, Leadership Tomorrow, led by Rosetta Lee, November 4, 2020, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
• Undoing Racism Appetizer, People’s Institute, September 28,2020; Seattle, WA, online; King County Developmental Disabilities Division.
• Application of Health Equity Research Methods for Practice and Policy, Johns Hopkins University, taught by Lisa A. Cooper, M.D., Director, The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity Bloomberg School of Public Health and Tanjala S. Purnell, PhD MPH, Associate Director for Education and Training Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, August 2020.
• Health Equity and Data Resources, Seattle Children’s, presented by Jessica Ramos, , August 06, 2020
• Implicit Bias in Healthcare and Research, presented by Rebecca O’Connor, PhD, RN and Kelly Martin, Seattle Children’s, July 24, 2020
• Antiracism And The Possibility Of This Moment, presented by NationSwell, speakers: , Dr. Ibram X Kendi, Dr. Carmen Rojas, and Megan Ming Francis, July 22, 2020
• How to Be Anti-Racist, presented by Dr. Charlene M. Dukes, president of Prince George’s Community College, speaker Ibram X. Kendi, Prince George’s County Library System, July 20, 2020
• Tatlong Bagsak for Black Lives: Combating Anti-Blackness in the Filipina/x/o Community, Pinayista, June 2020
• Foundations of Health Equity Research (online course), Johns Hopkins University, taught by Lisa A. Cooper, M.D., Director, The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity Bloomberg School of Public Health and Tanjala S. Purnell, PhD MPH, Associate Director for Education and Training Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, June 2020
• Advancing Health Equity Through Innovations and Technology, Certificate for Center of Excellence in Health Equity, Training and Research 3rd Annual Summer Research Summit, Baylor College, June 2020
• Crucial Conversations, Seattle Children’s Workforce Planning, December 2019
• ISO 9001 Internal Auditor Certification, Seattle Children’s Quality Improvement Steering Committee, December 2019
• Understanding Financial Assistance and Accessing Interpreter Services, Seattle Children’s, November 2019
• Breaking Ice, Seattle Children’s Workforce Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, September 2019
• Continuous Improvement Fundamentals, Seattle Children’s, August 2019
• Leading Change, Seattle Children’s Workforce Planning, July 2019
• Workforce Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Pilot program, Seattle Children’s, June 2019