Miami Artist Lourdes Lopez Elected to Ford Foundation Board of Trustees

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Submitted by Tommer on February 19, 2014

The Ford Foundation announced today the election of Lourdes Lopez to serve as a member of its Board of Trustees. Lopez, who will be the first artist to join the foundation’s board, is the artistic director of Miami City Ballet, chairwoman of Miami City Ballet School, and a strong proponent of arts education and the transformational power of arts and culture to improve lives.

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