Steven Lopez

Steven Lopez is is a Research Fellow at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families.

Before joining CCF, Steven served for more than two years in the Biden–Harris Administration as a Counselor to Secretary Xavier Becerra at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. As part of the Secretary’s senior leadership team, he advised the administration on a wide range of policy issues and worked closely with senior officials across the federal government. His portfolio included the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the Indian Health Service, and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), which included the Office of the Surgeon General. He also supported department-wide efforts focused on health equity, maternal health, food security, LGBTQI+ health, and the health workforce.

Steven spent eight years leading health policy and advocacy at UnidosUS (formerly the National Council of La Raza), the nation’s largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization. Earlier in his career, he worked at the local level in the South Texas border region and at a county health department in the San Francisco Bay Area, grounding his policy work in local public health practice.

Originally from Exeter, California, a small town in the state’s Central Valley, Steven holds a BA from Stanford University and a dual master’s degree in Public Policy and Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a proud alumnus of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Public Policy Fellowship.