Lucy López-Roig, Ph.D. Company founder and Chief Executive Officer.
Dr. López-Roig earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology
and sociology at Seton Hill University, Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Her master’s degree in clinical
psychology was earned at the Psychological Institute of Puerto Rico (now Carlos
Albizu University) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She attained her doctoral degree in clinical and industrial
psychology at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Dr. López-Roig has over 45 years of professional experience as a psychologist, business leader, human resources consultant, teacher, and mentor. She has received many awards, including the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, the Golden Lifetime Award from the Better Business Bureau (Puerto Rico chapter), Citizen of the Year by the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce, and a doctorate honoris causa in Behavioral Science from Carlos Albizu University.
Marion A. Wennerholm, Ph.D. Co-founder, Executive Vice President
Dr. Wennerholm has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. She earned her master’s and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.
Dr. Wennerholm has over
35 years of professional experience as a psychologist and consultant in
organizational development and mental health service delivery. Her principle areas of interest are
psychological assessment and professional ethics.
Lucy López-Roig EAP’s evolution over the past 30 years can best be understood by a brief review of its history.
Founded in 1978: Lucy López-Roig & Associates
Lucy López-Roig & Associates, was founded in 1978 in San Juan Puerto Rico, by Dr. Lucy López-Roig and Dr. Marion A. Wennerholm. Inspired by the example of their mentor, Dr. Carlos Albizu Miranda, the founding partners (both holding doctorates in psychology from Purdue University) shared a vision of the service excellence and humanistic values of the firm.
The firm was dedicated to providing clinical and industrial/organizational psychology services to the Puerto Rican community. Over the years, it has expanded its professional services to include other areas such as human resources consulting, education, and speech-language pathology.
The firm has worked with hundreds of organizations in Puerto Rico, including private enterprise, government agencies, schools, non-profit and religious institutions, and centers of higher education. We have designed and conducted surveys (e.g., organizational climate, job satisfaction, customer service), program evaluations, training programs and seminars, organizational development strategies to improve the climate and effectiveness of the work site, test construction and validation, executive coaching, and human resources consulting.
To date, our Managerial Assessment Center has evaluated over 7,000 people for different positions, including upper management candidates, nominees for key positions in the executive and judicial branches of the government, and applicants for law enforcement positions.
In the areas of clinical and counseling psychology, the firm’s Centro Clínico Roig is the principal service provider for the Employee Assistance Program. It also serves private clients, offering individual psychotherapy, couples therapy, family therapy, psychological evaluation, and crisis intervention services. Over the past 30 years, our psychologists have seen more than 9,000 clinical cases.
The firm's Employee Assistance Program (EAP) has evolved to become one of the most significant on the island, not only in terms of its size but also because of the breadth and depth of its services. Its services are designed to contribute to higher productivity and improved quality of life in the workplace. The EAP serves hundreds of organizations located throughout Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Throughout its history, the firm has worked toward promoting community mental health. It has created innovative service programs for students, parents and teachers in public and private schools in Puerto Rico. It has also designed and implemented programs for vocational school students and youth at high risk for dropping out of school. The firm has worked with public housing communities in programs designed to prevent crime and empower the residents by training them in basic conflict resolution skills.
Aware of its Corporate Social Responsibility, LLR-EAP has actively supported the work of non-for-profit service organizations, such as Centro Beth Yash’ah (a volunteer-based center in San Juan that provides orientation and crisis support services free of charge to economically disadvantaged members of the local community) and centers for the aging.Milestones
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1978 |
Lucy López-Roig & Associates is founded in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Its first service contract is an organizational study of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies of the University of Puerto Rico. |
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1979 |
The firm's Managerial Assessment Center begins operations and later becomes one of the first selected by multi-national corporations to assess their executives in Latin America. |
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1982 |
Dr. Lucy López-Roig assumes an active role in the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce’s Quality of Life committee and later, the Quality of Life Council. Over a period of seven years, she develops community educational programs, including summer leadership institute for talented high school students, |
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1985 |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services selects Lucy López-Roig & Associates to be the first provider of EAP services to federal agencies in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The contract was maintained for 13 consecutive years. |
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1989 |
For several years, the firm is contracted by the Puerto Rico Department of Education to design and implement large-scale projects in areas such as organizational change, personnel evaluation, and Title I programs for disadvantaged students in the public school system. |
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1994 |
Beginning of Centro Beth Yash’ah. With the support of LLR-EAP’s team, Drs. Lucy López-Roig and Marion Wennerholm directed this program for years, including the recruitment, training, and supervision of volunteers, as well as direct services to members of the local community. |
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1996 |
The Student Assistance Services center is created in Santurce, offering multidisciplinary psycho-educational services to children and adolescents. These services are now available in the firm's clinic, Centro Clínico Roig. |
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1998 |
Supported by Title IV funding, the firm is contracted by the Superintendence of Catholic Schools in San Juan to design and carry out an innovative, five-year program for the prevention of drugs, alcohol and violence. |
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1999 |
Lucy López-Roig EAP, Inc. is created as a corporate entity. |
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2002 |
The Student Assistance Program is established to serve schools in various regions of Puerto Rico. It offers short-term counseling and crisis intervention for students with behavioral or academic difficulties, as well as training and psychological consulting services for parents and teachers. |
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2006 |
Following a rigorous internal and external evaluation of its programs and services, LLR-EAP, Inc. is the first EAP founded in the Caribbean to be accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA). |
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2007 |
LLR-EAP, Inc. is among the first organizations licensed by the Administration of Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services (ASSMCA) to provide EAP services in Puerto Rico. |