Maria Echaveste
From SuperDelegates.org - Information about the 2008 DNC Superdelegates
From 1998 to 2001, she served as assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff to President Bill Clinton. In this capacity, Echaveste managed domestic policy initiatives that focused on education, civil rights, immigration and bankruptcy reform. She also developed communications, legislative and public outreach strategies. In another area, she coordinated relief efforts within the White House for foreign and domestic disasters, and specialized in international issues related to Latin America.
Echaveste held the post of director of the Office of Public Liaison at the White House from 1997 to 1998. She previously was the administrator of the labor department’s Wage and Hour Division from 1993 to 1997. Under her leadership, the Department of Labor’s anti-sweatshop initiative received a 1996 Innovations in Government award from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and the Ford Foundation. (source)
On June 30, Maria Echaveste endorsed Hillary Clinton and joined her National Hispanic Leadership Council.
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