Jorge Lopez

I provide legal counsel and operational support to the MacArthur Foundation’s staff, management, and Board of Directors, assisting with a variety of legal, grants management, and corporate governance matters. Prior to joining the Foundation, I was an Associate Attorney with Adler & Colvin, a San Francisco-based law firm specializing in the representation of tax-exempt organizations and philanthropists. At Adler & Colvin, my practice focused on advising company and private foundations, public charities, and social welfare and religious organizations on all aspects of nonprofit corporate and tax-exempt law. I have a B.A. From Chapman University and earned my J.D. From Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. While attending Loyola Law School, I served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Sheri Bluebond in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. I received an LL.M. In Taxation, with distinction, and a Certificate in Employee Benefits Law from Georgetown University Law Center, where I was named to the Dean’s List. I am a member of the American Bar Association (Exempt Organizations Committee of the Tax Law Section). I also serve on the Advisory Board of the Luevano Foundation. Previously, I was Chair of the Tax Section of the State Bar of California’s Exempt Organizations Committee, a member of the Northern California Planned Giving Council, and a member of the Pacific Coast TE/GE Exempt Organizations Council. I have also served as an adjunct faculty member at Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco, where I taught courses on tax-exempt organizations. I have presented in the area of nonprofit law at the Center for Nonprofit and Volunteer Leadership and have conducted webinars and trainings on governance matters and tax issues facing nonprofit organizations.