More Than the Accomplishments
Rev. Hollie Marie Lopes is a Certified Christian Life Coach, Spirit-led identity and transformational coach, ordained minister, senior federal leader, mother of two, and founder of Beyond The Next Win™. Her life has crossed government, technology, ministry, advocacy, teaching, mentoring, and service. Yet the heart of her work is not found in the titles she has earned. It is found in her understanding of what can remain unsettled beneath a life that looks accomplished from the outside.
For much of her life, Hollie believed the next achievement, degree, leadership opportunity, or act of service would finally create the peace, confidence, and sense of worth she was seeking. She knew how to accomplish. She knew how to lead. She knew how to serve. She also knew what it was to wrestle privately with comparison, self-doubt, perfectionism, negative self-talk, fear of failure, and the belief that her value had to be continually proven.
Through mentorship, spiritual reflection, therapy, and her own healing journey, Hollie began uncovering the internal narratives and performance-based beliefs that had quietly shaped the way she saw herself. She came to understand that an accomplishment can celebrate what we have done, but it cannot carry the responsibility of telling us who we are. That realization became the foundation of Beyond The Next Win and the question at the center of its work: “What is the heart saying underneath that pursuit?”
Faith, Ministry, and Advocacy
A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Hollie accepted her call to ministry in 2000. She serves as an Assistant Pastor of Beloved Community Church in Accokeek, Maryland, under the leadership of Rev. Samoris Hall and Rev. Dr. Paula Hall. Before joining Beloved Community Church, she served on the ministerial staff of Grace United Methodist Church for twelve years in numerous
leadership capacities. During that time, she developed ministries including Abstinence Till Marriage, Pearls of Perfection, and Single Parenting.
Hollie is also the minister and founder of Priceless Gems Ministry. Its work focuses on educating churches and communities about human sex trafficking; building meaningful relationships with survivors; and supporting organizations that provide survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence with shelter, clothing, food, and essential life skills. She has served as a member of both the Prince George’s County and Maryland Human Trafficking Task Forces.
Her advocacy has been recognized with the 2017 Good Samaritan S/Hero Award for her continued service to domestic-violence and human-trafficking communities and organizations. In 2018, she received the Leadership Award from the Prince George’s County Human Relations Commission/Human Trafficking Task Force for developing training programs, seminars, and services throughout the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area. Teaching has remained an important part of Hollie’s ministry. She has taught Children’s Church, Sunday school, Vacation Bible School, the United Methodist Church School of Christian GrowthAfrican Methodist Episcopal Sunday school conventions, seminars, and retreats across denominations.
Leadership, Technology, and Education
Professionally, Hollie serves as an Assistant Director with the Internal Revenue Service and has more than thirty-two years of experience in technology. Her current work is within an IRS organization focused on robotic process automation, where technology, leadership, innovation, and organizational transformation intersect. She is a graduate of the IRS Executive Readiness Program, Class of August 2024.
Hollie earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with concentrations in Finance and International Business, from Northeastern University in Boston. She also earned a degree in Programming from Cambridge Institute, an Executive Leadership diploma from Johns Hopkins University, and a Master of Divinity from Howard University School of Divinity in May 2009. In September 2026, she completed her Christian life-coaching certification, bringing together her experience in leadership, ministry, identity work, and transformational support.
She is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, Zeta Chi Omega Chapter, where she serves on the Spiritual & Inspiration and Membership Committees.
Hollie is the proud mother of two adult children. Her daughter, Emarii Briana Holton Lopes, is 30 and will turn 31 in December. Emarii earned a Master of Music in Vocal Performance with a concentration in Opera from the University of Akron and is completing her thesis for a second master’s degree in Arts Administration. She has returned to the world of opera and recently gave her first concert since returning to performance. She also began a new position as the K–6 elementary music teacher at the new Colin Powell Academy.
Her son, Andrew Holton, turned 27 in July and is entering his third year as an Alexandria VA firefighter. He has set his sights on becoming a paramedic and earning the technical certifications required to perform more complex rescues.
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