1. Maria Echaveste was born on May 31,1954 and is a former US presidential advisor to Bill Clinton and White House Deputy Chief of Staff during the second Clinton administration.
13 Facts About Maria Echaveste
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Maria Echaveste is one of the highest-ranking Latinas to have served in a presidential administration.
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Maria Echaveste is currently a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a co-founder of the Nueva Vista Group, a policy, legislative strategy and advocacy group working with non-profit and corporate clients.
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From 1993 to 1997, Maria Echaveste served as the administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor.
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From February 1997 to May 1998, Maria Echaveste served as the Director of Public Liaison at the White House, where she developed communications, legislative and public outreach strategies.
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Maria Echaveste managed President Clinton's domestic policy initiatives on education, civil rights, immigration and bankruptcy reform.
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Maria Echaveste coordinated relief efforts within the White House for foreign and domestic disasters, and specialized in international issues related to Latin America including the Caribbean Basin Initiative, the Africa Growth Opportunity Act, and Plan Colombia, a federal effort to assist Colombia in its anti-drug campaign.
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Maria Echaveste is a part-time lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Maria Echaveste is a member of the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee and Mi Familia Vota.
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Maria Echaveste previously was a member of the Board of Directors of People for the American Way, the Children's Law Center of Washington, DC, CARE, a humanitarian organization fighting global poverty, and the Level Playing Field Institute, an organization devoted to promoting fairness in education and the workplace.
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Maria Echaveste was married to Chris Edley, whom she met while working together in the Clinton Administration.
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In September 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Maria Echaveste to become the United States Ambassador to Mexico.
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Maria Echaveste would have become the first woman to hold the position but she withdrew her name from consideration on January 31,2015.