Despite graduating from the University of Georgia just over a decade ago, Lucy Pinto’s (BBA ’12) achievements, volunteer commitments and accolades have made an impact on her alma mater and her community far beyond what her age might suggest.

Born in Lima, Peru, Pinto grew up in Athens. While a UGA student, she served as treasurer of the Lambda Theta Alpha sorority and was a member of the Sigma Alpha Pi National Society of Leadership and Success. She graduated in 2012 with a BBA in Management and International Business.

After an internship with Google during her time as a student and following her graduation, Pinto became a People Operations Rotation Associate with the company. For nearly three years, she worked in a variety of workforce and employee relations areas that touched Google’s operations around the world.

In 2015, Pinto became Google’s business inclusion manager, a role in which she grew partnerships with a range of community partners to encourage web and Google adoption. In this capacity, Pinto was able to empower small businesses that were underrepresented online to expand their digital presence through Google’s tools.

Pinto’s work as a business inclusion manager evolved as she became senior marketing manager in 2019 for the Grow with Google Coaches program, which offers live training and coaching to grow small businesses. Pinto has scaled the program’s footprint from just eight cities to 20 states, training over 60,000 businesses per year. Currently, Pinto also manages the Grow with Google Partner program, which equips over 9,000 nonprofit organizations with free resources to teach their communities the skills necessary to expand their careers and businesses.

Throughout it all, UGA has remained a focal point for Pinto. In 2021, she established the Latino Alumni Scholarship Endowment, which provides annual need-based scholarships to first-generation college students at UGA. She has also offered multi-faceted support to the Terry College of Business’ Terry Women’s Initiative. Pinto has served as a mentor for the initiative’s Sea Island Scholars program, and last December, she made a significant commitment to enhance the initiative.

But her UGA involvement isn’t limited to giving. Pinto has served as a panelist at a Women of UGA meeting, participated in a Terry Talk, hosted two masterclasses aimed at empowering women leaders, and mentored Terry College students.