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Wendy Lopez has been named to Parkland Health & Hospital System's Board of Managers.For the last year, Lopez has served as chairperson of the Blue Ribbon Panel, a committee created by the Dallas County Commissioner's Court to study options for the future of Parkland facilities. Lopez is co-founder and chief executive officer of LopezGarcia Group. Under her leadership, the firm has expanded its practice into multiple areas of engineering, environmental services and planning. She received her Master of Science in Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She is a past president of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners and chaired the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce Women's Business Council for two years. She was the first Hispanic woman elected as President of The Dallas Assembly. She is active in the Hispanic 100, ACE (Architecture, Construction, Engineering) Mentor Program of Dallas-Fort Worth and the Trinity Common Foundation. Lopez is the recipient of numerous professional and civic awards including the 2007 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Southwest Region, Real Estate/Construction category, the 2007 She Knows Where She's Going Award from Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas; and the 2006 Athena Award presented by the Greater Dallas Chamber. | 