Lance Triggs Discusses Importance of 10th Anniversary

The Politics In Color Team covered the 2024 HOPE Global Forums in Atlanta, Dec. 9 – 11 where they college interviews with newsmakers, thought leaders, elected and appointed politicians, celebrities and many others.

Lance Triggs, EVP, President, HOPE Programs, Operation HOPE A commitment to building communities, families, and individual lives is the hallmark of the life and 37-year career of Lance W. Triggs. Currently the President of Program Operations Division for Operation HOPE, the nation’s leading financial empowerment non-profit organization, Mr. Triggs is a seasoned and tested executive, with a solid track record of success in managing complex operations and projects, developing a national non-profit organization from the ground up, and leading large teams in major national and global initiatives.

Under Triggs’ leadership, HOPE has surpassed over 4.5 million client services and successfully committed over $2.3 billion in investments by improving the financial wellbeing in the lives of individuals, families and businesses. This is achieved through the over 200 HOPE Inside Network Hubs serving over 1,000 locations in 35 states across the United States in the form of youth and adult financial literacy money, credit and foreclosure prevention management counseling, small business technical assistance, digital empowerment initiatives, mortgage and business lending capital to first time home buyers and entrepreneurs.

Over his illustrious career, Mr. Triggs has headed up major emergency disaster response and recovery projects involving United States Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, major international dignitaries, and political and civil rights icons such as Vice President Al Gore, Ambassador Andrew Young, Dr. Dorothy Height, Dr. C.T. Vivian, Reverend Joseph Lowery to name a few. In 1998, Triggs was selected as one of 20 delegates representing the United States at the United Nations Trade and Development Conference in Lyon, France.

Among his most impressive accomplishments, Mr. Triggs has managed several Global Financial Empowerment Forums featuring such prominent national leaders as former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, Gallup CEO Jim Clifton, Senior White House Advisor Valarie Jarrett, NYSE CEO Duncan Niederauer, Casablanca Stock Exchange CEO Karim Hajji, Luiz Edson Feltrim and Deputy Governor of Banco Central do Brasil as well as delegations from over 40 countries from around the world. He also had the distinguished opportunity to manage the development of the HOPE Financial Dignity Center (the Martin Luther King, Sr. Community Resource Complex), headquartered on the Martin L. King Center campus in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Triggs was born and bred in the soil of social service. The only son of prominent African-American parents Lee and Lilliane Triggs, young Lance grew up and attended school in Los Angeles.

Triggs is a product of the California State University system, attending Cal State Fullerton, Academy Pacific, receiving a diploma in Transportation Management and Boston College Carroll School of Management and receiving a certificate in Corporate Leadership. A native Angelino born in Hollywood, California, Lance attended California State Fullerton and Academy Pacific, receiving a diploma in Transportation Management. He was named in “Who’s Who in Black Los Angeles,” from 2008-2011. He continues his family’s legacy and commitment to public service and improving the economic and spiritual quality of life for all Americans who reside in underserved communities across the United States.

The HOPE Global Forums convene the most influential leaders from government, community and the private sector to outline a vision for the modern global economy – where the benefits and opportunities of free enterprise can be extended to everyone. Our Annual Meeting is now the largest gathering in the world focused on the empowerment of the underserved. The 2023 events were viewed by 5.1 million people in 30+ countries. Participants are challenged to make HOPE in Action Commitments – large or small, individual or collective – focused on creating positive change in the world. #hope #newsmakers #impact