Alisa Lopez

Alisa Lopez leads admissions, enrollment management, and financial aid for the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and she served as the NAFSA Trainer Corps Chair in 2022 and is a current trainer for NAFSA. Her involvement also extends to business development and consulting for NEIS-Education and she serves on the Board of Advisors for Unibrijj LLC. Prior, she served as Executive Director of Full-Time Recruitment at Pepperdine University's Graziadio Business School where she directed worldwide student recruitment, enrollment management, education abroad and exchange programs. In this role, she designed and managed international courses, student and faculty exchanges, and 40 international partnerships and dual degree programs.

Alisa began her career in international business and trade finance at Honda Trading America Corporation and the Export-Import Bank of Japan. Her professional international career has been enhanced by previous experience in Nigeria, Japan, South Korea, France, Chile, El Salvador, and Canada.

Alisa holds a Masters in International Management degree from Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona, a Bachelor of Arts in French and a Bachelor of Science in Business from West Virginia University. She is an experienced program and project manager with PMO-CP certification, Agile certificate, and prior PMP certification. She is also an experienced trainer and volunteers with the NAFSA: Association of International Educators Trainer Corps.