Name Carmen Lopez-Wilson - Policy Officer
Good Government Reforms

Description Carmen Lopez-Wilson is the Good Government Reforms Policy Officer at the Thornburg Foundation. The Good Government Reforms strategic initiative seeks to support the advancement of transparent, ethical and responsive government. Ms. Lopez formerly served as the Data, Research and Policy Director for America Votes-NM. She convened the election administration coalition and lent her expertise to partner organizations’ statewide issue and electoral campaigns. She also served as a policy analyst for the NM Legislature, an associate with the Lujan Leadership and Public Policy Institute, and worked on issue campaigns at the local, state and federal level. Ms. Lopez earned a Master of Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Mount Holyoke College. Her thesis was entitled, “Wealth, Influence and Democracy: A Public Policy Analysis of Campaign Financing in the United States.”

Email carmen@thornburgfoundation.org