Gabriela "Gabby" Chavez-Lopez (She/Her/Ella) is the inaugural Executive Director of Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley. She is a community catalyst; passionate about uplifting and championing voices around challenging issues in our community — particularly those that disproportionately impact Latinas & people of color. She has an entrepreneurial spirit and is committed to systems-change work that removes structural barriers for women and the underserved, from reaching their truest potential. She operates with an abundance mindset and is dedicated to advancing and cultivating leaders prepared to make a collective impact now and into the future.

In March of 2023, Gabby was featured on the cover of Silicon Valley Business Journal with the headline "A Clear Focus on the Future: One of the 10 "Latinx Business Leaders" making a lasting impact in Silicon Valley. In 2021, Gabriela was also named an Influential Woman of Silicon Valley by the Silicon Valley Business Journal and honored as an Extraordinary Woman of Santa Clara County by the Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women for her extensive community involvement and impact. She is honored to serve on the advisory boards of San Jose Spotlight (Community Paper), United Way Bay Area, Santa Clara University's Business School's Ciocca Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, San Jose State University, and San Jose City College.

Gabby holds a B.S. in Political Science with an emphasis on Public Sector Studies from Santa Clara University. She has also received continuing, executive education at Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, and at USC’s Jesse M. Unruh’s Institute of Politics.