Lily Lopez is director of external affairs at Walnut Valley Water District, where she has overseen strategic communications and public education efforts since 2019. Previously, she worked for two communications consultants handling a variety of assignments. In 2014-2015 she was a member of the Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellowship Program. 

She graduated in 2014 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a degree in political science. 

She joined the Water Education Foundation board in 2022, following her participation in the Foundation’s 2021 Water Leaders class.