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4200 Alton Road Miami BeachHOME ADDRESS:
Apt No.Home No./Street City
FL 33140
State Zip Code
305-532-6630 305-534-1903PHONE:
Home Work
llopez@sflhcc.com
Email Address
Miami Beach
Street
333 Arthur Godfrey Road. Suite 300
City
FL
State
33140
Zip Code
Address:
South Florida Hispanic Chamber Position:Business Name:President/CEO
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Experience in business and community engagement for over 25 years
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Liliam M. Lopez Bio
Liliam López, President/CEO, South Florida Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce
Liliam M. López is the founder of the South Florida Hispanic Chamber
of Commerce (SFLHCC) and the South Florida Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce Foundation serving as President/CEO of both organizations since
1994. She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a major in Political Science
from St. Thomas University and a Certificate in Paralegal Studies from the
University of Miami.
Through her leadership, the SFLHCC has become one of the most
important and influential chambers of the U.S. with over 1,450
members. She is charged with planning and coordinating over 20
chamber events annually for the membership of the organization with
the objective of providing opportunities for businesses to connect, build
and establish relationships. She works with the leadership of the
organization and coordinates, develops and implements chamber
committees’ objectives. Currently, there are eight active committees in
the organization that provide insight and support to chamber members of
different industries.
Lopez implemented a scholarship program part of the Foundation
in the year 1995 that has granted over $750,000 in scholarships to
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financially disadvantaged high school minority students of Miami Beach
Sr, High School pursuing a career in business and hospitality. She also
founded the Education Enhancement Fellowship Program that provides
students from Miami Beach Sr, High School and Miami Springs Sr.
High School with an opportunity to attend a conference in a different
state of the U.S. The objective is to empower the students and teach
them to become successful business leaders engaged in their
communities. This program has served 180 students. Due to the
uniqueness and success of this program, the South Florida Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce Foundation was inducted as a Champion of
Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ Academy of Hospitality & Tourism.
Lopez was the producer and host of a weekly television show for
10 years “Panorama con Liliam Lopez” that aired on WLRN Cable-Tap.
The program highlighted the career of executives, elected officials, and
entrepreneurs at the local, state and national levels.
The SFLHCC has also been engaged in international affairs,
particularly with Latin America and Spain. The SFLHCC’s leadership
hosted the Mayor of Murcia, Spain and his delegation comprised of the Vice
Mayor and the President of the Chamber of Commerce, among others, on
their visit to the City of Miami Beach in 1996. The former President of
Ecuador, the Honorable Lucio Gutierrez, accepted an invitation made by
Lopez to come speak to the membership of the organization to establish ties
with the chamber’s leadership and provide information on business
opportunities in that nation. Both the former ladies of Panama and of
Honduras, respectively, were invited to speak on different occasions at
chamber luncheons on business opportunities, women’s issues, and social and
charitable programs in their nations. His Highness, Prince Dr. Abdulaziz bin
Ali bin Rashid Al Nuaimi of Ajman, United Arab Emirates, accepted an
invitation from Lopez to visit Miami and present a conference at the
chamber’s annual Viva Miami Hispanic Heritage Expo on sustainability and
its importance to the world. His Highness is best known as “The Green
Sheikh” and was received with great respect and admiration. Lopez created
with a group of women leaders, the Hispanic Women's Society Network, that
has grown the participation of women in the chamber by 50%.
Lopez strongly believes in social causes and in giving back to the
community. She implemented a program “Help Our Children” where
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annually, children of Centro Mater (an after care and early child care for
financially disadvantaged families) and the Center for Women and Children
of the Miami Rescue Mission receive thousands of dollars in toys, toiletry
items and clothes. This program was established over 15 years ago.
López currently serves on the Advisory Board of Precision Medicine and
Health Disparities Collaborative of Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
Meharry Medical College and the University of Miami. She is a
Governing Board Member of Larkin Charter School for Health Sciences;
serves on the Board of Directors of the Miami-Dade Area Health Education
Center (AHEC), Board Member of the Small/Micro and Minority/Women
Business Owned Enterprise of Miami Dade County Public Schools, the
Advisory Council of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and on the President’s
Council for Florida International University (FIU). She served on the
Entrepreneurial Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s
Regional Economic Information Network (REIN) as the only Hispanic
woman on that board. She is a past board member of the Alliance for Aging,
past board member of WLRN and former Chair of the Hispanic Affairs
Committee for the City of Miami Beach.
Liliam M. López has received numerous awards including: the 2018
Golden Age Award presented by the Latino Center on Aging; the 2016
NFL/Hispanic Heritage Foundation Leadership Award; 2016 Women of
Wealth award presented by the Women of Wealth Magazine in which she
was featured in its cover; the 2014 Women’s Fund “Woman Giving Back
Treasure” award; the 2014 Thomas Gibson Award; the 2014 Take a Walk in
Her Shoes award presented by Chapman’s Community Partnership for the
Homeless; the 2014 Community Business Leadership Award presented by
UNIDAD’s New Generation Leadership & Workforce Institute; the 2014
Women of Impact Award presented by the Miami Dade County Women’s
History Coalition; the Big Brothers, Big Sisters’ 2013 Miracle Maker
Award; the 2012 Broward Women of Distinction Award; the 2010 Women
Extraordinaire presented by South Florida Business Leader; The 2010 St.
Thomas University Global Entrepreneur Award; the 2008 Induction to
Miami Dade College’s Hall of Fame; the 2007 Miguel Cervantes Award
presented by Nova Southeastern University; the 2006 March of Dimes
Award in the Education and Training Category; “2003 Business Woman
of the Year Award” CEO non-profit category presented by the “South
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Florida Business Journal;” “In the Company of Women” award presented
by the Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation Department on March, 2003; and
the Keys to the City of Miami Beach presented by the former Honorable
Mayor David Dermer on June 20, 2002.
Lopez is married to Architect/Urban Planner, Alfredo Sanchez, and
they have a 18 year- old daughter, Lillian Karina Sanchez, currently attending
Immaculata La Salle in the 12th grade.