Domenika Lynch is the Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Latinos and Society Program, which convenes across sector, ethnicity, and ideology to co-create solutions to the barriers preventing greater American Latino mobility and catalyze actions that lead to a more prosperous and inclusive America for all.
Over the course of two decades in leadership roles, Lynch has overseen strategic planning, policy advocacy, and public affairs campaigns for nonprofits and corporations, increasing donor and stakeholder support and raising millions of dollars for organizational endowments.
Prior to joining the Aspen Institute, Lynch served as president and CEO of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the preeminent Latino Leadership Institute founded by Hispanic members of Congress in Washington, DC. She previously spent more than a decade as executive director of the Latino Alumni Association at the University of Southern California. Her professional breadth extends into the corporate sector, with previous leadership positions at Bank of America and Univision.
Lynch actively contributes to several advisory boards, including Bank of America’s National Community Advisory Council, Toyota’s North American Diversity Advisory Board, and the Woodstock Institute’s Board of Directors. She also served on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Council on Underserved Communities from 2021 to 2024, and the Commission on Presidential Scholars from 2022 to 2024, helping select the nation’s most distinguished high school seniors.
A graduate of the USC Price School of Public Policy, Lynch holds a master’s degree from the USC Rossier School of Education.
