Meet Lorenzo Olvera

Lorenzo Olvera is the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) for the Saint Alphonsus Health System. As Director, he develops an evidence-based rationale and strategy for DEI. This includes implementing a multi-year actionable roadmap and key measures in alignment with Saint Alphonsus' values, mission, and objectives.

He has over fifteen years of experience in public policy and government. He most recently served as the Director of the Senate Diversity Initiative in the office of the Majority Leader, Senator Chuck Schumer. 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. Before joining the Administration, he served former Congressman Xavier Becerra’s (D-CA) leadership office as a Member Outreach Assistant.

Lorenzo is a graduate of Georgetown University McDonough School of Business where he earned an Executive Masters in Leadership. He received certificates on Strategies for Building and Leading Diverse Organizations from the Harvard Kennedy School and on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace from the University of South Florida. He also earned a Special Credential on Inclusive Workplace Culture from the Society for Human Resource Management, and he has a Bachelor’s in Political Economy from the College of Idaho.

Lorenzo was born and raised in Caldwell, Idaho. He is the son of Mexican immigrants. He and his wife, Ariel, are the proud parents to their son, Sebastian Norman Olvera, and they are eagerly waiting for the birth of their second child.