Eduardo Jesus Lopez-Reyes (Ed Lopez-Reyes, Eduardo Lopez, Ed Lopez), of Greenwich, Connecticut, is an American Republican Party activist and former National Vice Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus. A member of Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry, he has supported same-sex marriage. He participated in a national tour to advocate for third-party presence in national presidential debates. He is a former resident and was active in politics and community programs in Rhode Island and New Hampshire. Military service and education He graduated from Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado. Before completing his studies at the University of Rhode Island he served as a Mormon missionary in the Dominican Republic for two years. He was a graduate student of the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University, in the United Kingdom. He was the managing editor of the online GAIA Review. He graduated with a master's degree in International Relations Middle East and Arabic language studies. While in the United Kingdom, Lopez served in the United States Army Reserve Military Intelligence Corps. He was also a sergeant in the Connecticut Army National Guard. Concurrently, he began PhD work, returning to Durham University. He augmented his Arabic language studies at American University in Cairo's Arabic Language Institute, in Cairo, Egypt. Lopez was a member of Ustinov College at Durham. Career Early career He was the founder and state chairman of the Republican Hispanic Assembly of Rhode Island by late 1997. Lopez was a candidate for Rhode Island Secretary of State against incumbent James Langevin in the 1998 election cycle. Lopez was a Staff Assistant to United States Senators Hank Brown in Washington, D.C. and for John H. Chafee in his Providence, Rhode Island district office. Republican Party Lopez served as National Vice Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus from 2011 through 2015. Lopez served on Rockingham County Leadership Team for former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. for President in the 2012 Republican presidential primaries. Freedom to Marry In March 2013, Lopez joined Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry along with S. E. Cupp, Abby Huntsman, Elizabeth Huntsman, Mary Anne Huntsman, Meghan McCain and other conservative and Republican activists. In June 2013, Lopez joined the group on a nationwide campaign to change the Republican Party's platform points on the issue; the campaign included visits to New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina, and Nevada. He was among a group of Republican