Olvera joins Saint Alphonsus Health System

IBR Staff//May 16, 2022//

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Lorenzo Olvera has been named director of diversity, equity and inclusion for the Saint Alphonsus Health System. A Caldwell native, Olvera returns to his home state from Washington, D.C., where he most recently served as director of the Senate Diversity Initiative in the office of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). While in the Senate, Olvera and his team assisted Senate offices build a diverse workforce. He served in the Obama Administration as deputy White House liaison and director of leadership and development at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) where he recruited, hired and helped manage political appointees. Before his time at DOE, he was special advisor in the Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs at the Department of Education. In that role, Olvera managed civil rights issues, tribal education, early childhood education, nominations and congressional outreach. Olvera earned his bachelor’s degree in political economy from the College of Idaho in Caldwell and received an Executive Master’s in leadership from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. He has also received certificates in diversity and inclusion from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the University of South Florida.