Jessica Andors
Executive Directorjandors@lawrencecommunityworks.org978-722-2604Jessica provides organizational oversight and strategic planning/decision-making, while also overseeing the real estate development and resource development aspects of LCW.
Jessica was part of a team of community organizers that spearheaded the organization’s rebirth in 1999. Since then, LCW has grown from a staff of one and a deficit, to a $3 million organization with over 5,000 resident and stakeholder members, over $120 million invested in affordable housing, family asset building, and community organizing and development, and numerous awards for its work. Under her executive leadership since 2010, LCW has successfully completed the 60-unit affordable residential development of Phase One of the Union Crossing project (50 Island Street); the 35,000 square foot commercial development NMTC project at 50 Island Street, the 18-unit affordable residential project Casa di Anna, the 73-unit affordable residential and commercial development at the Duck Mill, and the 5-unit Union- Milford Homeownership Project.
Jessica received her Master of City Planning degree from MIT in 1999, where she was honored for outstanding contributions to the intellectual life of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Prior, she had five years of experience in the New York and San Francisco nonprofit sectors after graduating summa cum laude from Amherst College, and interned in the Lawrence Office of Economic Development. She has served on the boards of the Lawrence Teen Coalition, the Hope Street Youth Center, Team Summit youth program, the MA Association of Community Development Corporations, and the Essex Art Center; was a founding board member of Mill Cities Community Investments (a community development financial institution serving the Merrimack Valley), chaired the statewide MIDAS Collaborative, and chaired the MassDevelopment Brownfields Advisory Group. She currently serves on the Boards of the Lawrence Partnership (a public-private economic development collaborative), and the Lawrence Alliance for Education (the Receivership Board for the Lawrence Public Schools); she also serves on the Lawrence Mayor’s Rental Cost Task Force, and is a Corporator for Eastern Bank. In 2008 she received the Lawrence History Center’s Eartha Dengler Award for transformative leadership.
Jessica is bilingual in English and Spanish, a Lawrence resident, and the mother of the exuberant, beautiful Elias, who shares his mother’s love of books, food, and playing outside.
Eunice Lopez
Chief Programs Officerelopez@lawrencecommunityworks.orgEunice joined Lawrence CommunityWorks in September 2022 with over 15 years of non-profit and 5 years of upper management experience with a strong focus on affordable housing.
Throughout her career Eunice has demonstrated a fierce commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion for underserved communities with extensive work with the homeless and veteran populations. In her previous role, Eunice was credited with the significant expansion of the housing department from 2 programs to 12 programs within 2 years. Having overseen over $5 million dollars in grants in her previous position, Eunice also brings fundraising and grants management experience. Eunice brings a fresh and jovial perspective to the entire team.
As Chief Programs Officer, Eunice oversees all programmatic aspects of the organization and works closely with program staff and provides guidance, supervision and evaluation of program implementation for Asset building, Workforce Development, Network Organizing and Movement City Youth Development. Eunice’s tenacity, attention to detail and self-awareness not only help in the implementation of policies, procedures, and best practices of the organization but contribute to the positive work environment that LCW strives to embody. Eunice is bilingual in Spanish and English, is a Lawrence native and longtime resident, and is the mother of an amazingly artistic daughter, Amaya.
