Jamal Lopez

Jamal Lopez
Jamal Lopez
Associate Director of Employee Relations and Development
Weill Cornell Medicine

Jamal Lopez is the Associate Director of Employee Relations and Development for Weill Cornell Medicine. In this role, Jamal oversees Weill Cornell Medicine’s employee relations and development functions and is responsible for staff diversity efforts and partnering with the Office of Faculty Diversity to create alignment and support for institutional diversity programs.

Jamal has been working in the field of Diversity for more than 10 years and prior to working at Weill Cornell Medicine held various positions of increasing responsibility for the NYC Transit, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity; NYC Department of Education, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity; NYC Human Resources Administration, Equal Employment Opportunity Office; and Consolidated Edison, Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Early in Jamal’s career he also served as a Social Worker for the NYC Administration for Children’s Services and a Police Officer for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Jamal holds certifications from the Society for Human Resource Management, SHRM- SCP and Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Human Resource Studies.  Jamal holds a Juris Doctor from New York Law School and is licensed to practice law in New Jersey.  Jamal is also a graduate of the City University of New York (CUNY) John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice and a Master of Public Administration degree in Human Resource Management.