Lopez – Account Director @ VPE.

Valencia, Pérez & Echeveste Public Relations (VPE) recently promoted Delia López to Account Director responsible for managing the Consumer Strategies Division. In addition, Carlos Munguia was hired as Assistant Account Executive in its Social Marketing and Public Affairs divisions.

López will assist in strategy development and client relations for VPE’s core group of corporate accounts, including McDonald’s, Target, Disneyland and GMAC Mortgage among others. She will also be an integral part of new business development. Munguia will assist in numerous projects for the Social Marketing and Public Affairs divisions.

Prior to joining the firm, López served as Assistant Director for Public Relations and Government Relations for GroupEx, an international money transfer service. After earning her bachelor’s from Stanford University, she worked in Mexico City for more than five years and served as a trade specialist with the U.S. Embassy and the California Department of Trade and Commerce.

Munguia is a recent graduate of California State University, Long Beach. He, Munguia has previously worked for the university’s Office of the Chancellor as its Public Affairs Media Relations Specialist and as a contributing writer for the CSULB 49er. He became an intern for VPE in November 2005 prior to joining the agency full-time.