Accenture Hires Rafael López as a Managing Director in Its Health & Public Service Practice
May 23 2017 - 6:59AM
Business Wire
Social-services executive joins company from
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has hired Rafael López as a managing
director in its Health & Public Service practice in North
America. López joins Accenture from the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS), where he served as the commissioner of
the Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
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In his new role, López will work across Accenture's child
support, child welfare, public assistance and public health
practices to shape strategy and identify, develop and deploy
offerings, focusing on helping government, education and nonprofit
organizations leverage technology and innovation to improve
services and mission effectiveness.
Prior to joining HHS in 2015, López served as a senior policy
advisor at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
within the Executive Office of the President and with the Domestic
Policy Council. Before that, López was an associate director at the
Annie E. Casey Foundation, a private national philanthropy devoted
to improving the educational, economic, social and health outcomes
for at-risk children.
Earlier in his career López served as the president and CEO of
The Family League of Baltimore City, Inc., where he was a member of
the Baltimore City Mayor’s Cabinet; as executive director of the
City of Los Angeles Commission for Children, Youth and Their
Families; as deputy director of the City and County of San
Francisco Department of Children, Youth & Their Families; and
as senior deputy for Health and Human Services for Los Angeles
County Supervisor Gloria Molina.
"Rafael López is focused on improving the lives of children and
families in need and brings deep experience from serving local,
state and national programs," said Ryan Oakes, managing director of
Accenture's Public Health and Human Services practice in North
America. "He is dedicated to finding solutions to some of the
toughest societal and community challenges, and our North American
public-sector clients will gain from his vision, energy and
commitment to improving lives and program effectiveness."
López has worked closely with community-based organizations as a
volunteer, manager, executive, board member and founder and was a
fellow at Stanford University’s Center for Social Innovation at the
Graduate School of Business Executive Program for Nonprofit
Leaders. Born and raised in Watsonville, California, López is an
alumnus of Vassar College, the University of California Santa Cruz
and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
“I am thrilled to be joining a team dedicated to delivering
transformative results at scale for our public sector clients and
the children, youth and families we serve," López said. "Improving
lives and solving our greatest challenges requires bold new
strategies, technology and innovation, and I'm excited to support
Accenture's development of cutting-edge, cross-sector
solutions.”
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