NEW DIRECTOR OF MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT APPOINTED

Martha Lopez has been appointed by Westchester County Executive George Latimer to serve as director of minority and women-owned business development for the county government.

Lopez served, from 2001 to 2009, as the director for Hispanic affairs for Westchester County and currently serves as director of program and policy for minority- and women-owned business enterprise programs (MWBE) and immigrant affairs.

Lopez, a resident of New Rochelle and prominent within the Hispanic community, was a founding member of the Board of Directors of KEEPS, an after-school program for children in Mamaroneck. She is a former member of the Westchester Hispanic Advisory Board, and in 1999, co-founded the Hispanic Resource Center of Larchmont/Mamaroneck (now known as the Community Resource Center) and for two years served as its president. 

In her new role, Lopez will be tasked with expanding opportunities for minority- and women-owned businesses to work with county departments, local governments and larger companies seeking to diversify their subcontractor rosters and assist MWBEs with state or county certification. She will also manage the county”™s Technical Assistance Advisory Committee.